The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 21, 1938, Page 4

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ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION vill promptly notify ity in the de- f they or irreg Business Office, 374. to the use for to it or mnot the local news in THE ALASKA PLAN The hurriedly drawn and widely heralded Alaska plan has been presented to Congr a summary of the report appearing in yesterday's Empire. The suggested plan was transmitted by the President in Keeping with the resolution passed at the last regular ession asking the Chief Executive to submit such a program. The work was prepared under the direction of the National Resources Committee of which Secre- tary Harold L. Ickes of the Interior Department is Chairman and was actually drawn by the Alaska Re- sources Committee of which Carl L. Alsberg of Cali- fornia was chairman end which also included Paul W. Gordon, in charge of Alaska affairs in the Division of Territories and Island Possessions; B. F. Heintzle- man, Regional Forester and member of the Alaska Planning Councii; Charles McKinley of Oregon and George F. Yantis of Washington state, In considering the report, members of Congre: like eve! fact. The plan was gotten together in a hurry in order to be ready for the present session of Congress | and the result proves it. As the committee which | prepared the report honestly states, “so much essential| "1 ew burdens that would fall upon the relief |program because of the growing unemployment. information is still lacking for Alaska that it would not have been able to set up an adequate plan even | if the necessary time had been available.” The committee goes on to explain further: “This task, as we have just explained, ought to be entrusted | to a permanent Alaska planning agency, ship of which reflects Territorial and national in-| terests.” Therefore, it would appear that the Alask: Planning Council, composed of Alaska men, who also have the duty of protecting Federal interests, , the member- | is the natural and logical group to draw up a long-time development plan for Alaska which would mean something to the Territory, for it must be admitted that the hastily drawn plan which was offered to Cong: s is of no practical value to the “Perritory of fact, if put into operation, it“Probably would prove mdre detrimental to Alaska than beneficial. However, it might be of value in drafting an adequate plan as it does contain some features which are meritorious such as the sugges- tions for more roads, air service expansion and per- | haps a revision of the taxation system. But on the whole the submitiea pian is not an Alaska development program. Its very tone is anu»] development. A study of the complete report reveals »that the committee is of the theory that Alaska should be kept as a reserve for future needs. At the very +beginning of the report we find this statement from | Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture, member | of the National Resources Committee: “Fortunately the fcderal government is in control of the greater part of Alaska. An uncontrolled ex- ploitation of the resources can be prevented. Since| “amost of the resources are owned by the Federal gov-| ernment there is no necessity for rapid liquidation | of investment as is the case in most parts of the continental United States where resources are in private ownership. If Alaska should be regarded primarily as a great reservoir of resources available for future use, it would seem as if that balance, which should be a major feature of sound planning, would best be realized. In Alaska the rapid development |, policies dominant in the United States should be «balanced by a policy of preservation. I think the report does not sufficiently emphasize this point of view.” Alaskans will not agree with Secretary Wallace, particularly his last sentence, for a study of the report reveals that the conservation point of view has been over-emphasized rather than not sufficiently empha- sized as Mr. Wallace suggests. For example, we find | this in the report: “The committee has reached the conclusion that| the national interest does not demand a forced de- velopment of Alaska. There is no pressure of popu- “lation, lack of raw materials or trade in the United States that demand exceptional measures. Further- more, the committee has reached the conclusion that the economy of Alaska cannot be based on farming, the usual basis for settlement of new countries.” There, obviously, is an anti-Alaska development slant. The committee apparently was not consider- ing the development of the Territory as a part of the United States. Rather, it appeared to be considering development of the United States and how Alaska would fit into the picture to foster that development. In other words, Alaska was being played as the ace in the hole in a general planning program for con- tinental United States. If there was need for the ace it might be used. If it was not needed, just keep ‘it in reserve for further reference. Everyone will admit that the economy of Alaska 18 not based on agriculture. Then why did the com- #mittee consider Alaska development from that basis? “Why did it not consider the economy based on min- -erals resources, on timber, pulp and paper, furs, fish- ;erlm and the industries which actually make up the Alaska base? 3 The only apparent conclusion is found in those :vmrds of Secretary Wallace again, “fortunately, the wFederal government is in control of the greater part “of Alaska.” Indeed, it is. And the point we glean from the ttee’s report is that it urges upon the President ‘Congress. know, inc! one else, will have to accept one obvious | |right. (frequently be larger so that the relief authorities will have to | twill actually | for |greatly 'ment | worker does not have to prove THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, JAN. 21, 1938 tional Resources Committee, Alaska development. The committee apparently was convinced that it is not the time to develop Alaska. We quote a pas- age from the report: “Timing is something that should be determined, changed as important changes in conditions occur. But a national policy or plan for Alaska ought not to vacillate with the shifting winds of politics. It that will never bring indicate the need of alteration or as national social aspirations undergo substantial change.” To get right down to cases, this Alaska plan obvi- ously was drawn up by two departments of govern- ment which have vast interests in Alaska—the In- terior Department and the Agricultural Department. Neither wants to relinquish control it has over the Territory. Neither wants to see Alaska move forward toward statehood with the ultimate result that Federal control would become secondary to Alaska interests and control. Why, we can’t attempt to say. The ar- gument is conservation preservation, reserve and so on of Alaska. Sometimes there is reason to believe that it means conservation and preservation of power- ful Federal burea which, though they believe it or not, throttle private enterprise to death in the Ter- ritory The Alaska plan presented yesterday 1s not all bad. It has redeeming features. It very fairly pre- sented that an adequate Alaska development program should be drawn up by an Alaska agency. On this we hope the Congress agrees. We hope that the Senators and Representatives will see the wisdom of such a course and give to Alaskans, through the Alaska Planning Council, an opportunity to be heard; to pre- sent a plan of development for the Territory which develop it and direct it toward state- hood, instead of stifling its advance and keeping it ever as a storehouse on which the Federal govern- ment can draw at will. Alaska will never go forward so long as govern- ment bureaus can erect a sign at Dixon Entrance, as the plan presented yesterday proposes to do, reading: Stay out—Government reserve! “Insurance” and Relief (New York Times) The committee neaded by Senator Byrnes is wisely beginning to consider a problem that should have received general consideration many ago. This is the problem of harmonizing and co- crdinating our unemployment insurance and our re- , |lief programs. The two programs have been largely thought of ; hitherto in separate compartments, almost as if there were no relation between them. Only a few weeks ago, for example, a number of Congressmen asked about the prospects for a balanced budget, all talked Not one of them seems to have mentioned as an offset the unemployment insurance program which has just |now gone into effect in twenty-one States and the District of Columbia. Yet one of the main arguments unemployment insurance, at the time the legis- lation was being enacted, was precisely that it would reduce the relief burden in bad times and times. The unemploy- already built up a make it negligible in “normal” insurance systems have total reserve of $438,000,000. Failure to recognize the close relationship of the two programs has been largely owing to the fact that one is called “insurance” and the other “relief.” Both, however, deal with what is essentially the same problem—how to help the unemployed without reduc- {ing their incentive to seek new employment. In dealing with this problédm * " has sev- merits as compared with First, the “need;” the insurance benefit payments can be demanded as an earned (The situation would be better in this respect if in all the States the employees themselves made eral |some direct contribution to the insurance funds, as ithey do in seven or eight States and in virtually every European system.) Second, under the insurance sys- tem the benefits paid do not go on indefinitely, but are determined by the length of the worker's previous employment. Finally, the amount of the insurance benefit bears a definite relation to the amount that the recipient is demonstrably able to earn in private industry. The last point is very important. In nearly all the States the benefit payments are fixed at 50 per cent of the weekly wage that the unemployed person previously received. If this would bring the payment below a certain sum, then the insured worker, in most of the plans, is entitled to as high as three-quarters of his previous wage. The obvious purpose of this is to pay a jobless man less when he is idle than he pre- viously got for working, to insure that he will have some monetary incentive to find work. It is not cer- tain that this incentive will always be enough. There is the troublesome problem of certain types of persons who will contrast $15 a week in insurance payments \with, say, $18 offered for private work, and ask: “What’s the use of working for $3?” But the incen- tive in such a case is at least greater than when relief payments actually exceed what a given person could earn in private work. Most of the unemployment insurance laws pro- vide for benefit payments for a maximum of sixteen weeks in any year. There seems little point in setting up a carefully safeguarded unemployment insurance system and then, as soon as the worker has exhausted his benefits under it, turning him over to a permanent relief plan without safeguards. Permanent relief should certainly not be made more desirable for the unemployed than the fixed-term relief granted by the insurance plan. And yet, in New York State we are already going on the assumption that “relief” will and more attractive than “in- surance,” compel unemployed persons to apply for benefits! The problem is far from a simple one. On the one hand, “insurance” or “relief” must be adequate. On the other hand, it must not be such as to remove the incentive to find new employment, or to create an army of 'permanent reliefers. In any case, the “insurance” and ‘“relief” programs must be brought into harmony. As unemployment insurance is ad- ministered under State laws, perhaps the first step toward that end would be the transfer of the relief program also, through a carefully worked-out system of Federal grants-in-aid, to State and local admin- istration. insurance reference remember these baked definitions: For future freshly- A neutral is a person who is al- ways in trouble. A national is a neutral filling out a complaint blank. Diplomacy is the art of remon- strating without objection and admonishment without reproving.—Arthur (“Bugs”) Baer in New York Jour- nal and American. In an Oslo newspaper list of Norway's greatest, Sonja Henie is rated five places above Leif Erikson, discoverer of North America. Leif's trouble was that he bogged down in the matter of public relations coun- sel.—Arkansas Gazette, “British Anger is Rising"—headline over a story keep it that way. Of course, as we|which provoked hearty laughter in Rome. Berlin, and g S('cremry Wallace and the Na-|Tokyo.—New Orleans Times- Picayune, should be altered only as broad trends in technology | months | @ HAPPY. BIRTHDAY 20 Years Ago — | H oroscope PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY it o FRATERNAL SOCIETIES The Empire ezténds congratit. ik e GASTINEAU CHANNEL 1 tiyns and be_st wishes to:uy, their “The stars incline I % B fy,:rtfxday anniversary, to the follow- but do not compel" .‘, DRS. KASER & FREEBURGER | | :; P. \?V dEL:I(s n':ee; 0 JANUARY 21, 1918 t &l DENTISTS P s.ry Vi:iLli]::' ?ro:lhow Steven Ragen, of Haines, had|* | Blomgren Building e . S e i been appointed as Assistant District) SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1938 PHONE 56 | ‘;-E’éfi'.!‘% Mitsa” Rater: Aies W ARAE Attorney for Ketchikan, and had| According to astrology this is an o Bt . p i aa et | l; aLk “: been given the oath of office. unimportant day in planetary di-) | e 'S, Secre- D‘”L;f\ Ca:;:e‘rson | —_— rection. It is a time for conferences ary. oL Shortly after midnight, with the and for adjusting tangled human MOUNT JUNEA! GE BD e larrival of the Northwestern from|relations. : | - U LODGE NO. 147 s Vi . |the south, there was a terrific noise,| While this planetary governmen ! S and tourth i % | yelling, shouting, etc. It was ex-|continues, rest and recreation should| | Dr. Charles P. Jenne | Monday of each month ¢ MODERN |plained later that a “mob” of friends be sought. There is an auspicious DENTIST | in Scottish Rite Temple |was at the dock to greet “Billy”|sign for those who plan humani-| | Rooms 8 and 9, Valentine Bldg. | X beginning at 7:30 p.m. ETIQUET di5) | williamson, genial surveyor, who|tariin movements and peace efforts TELEPHONE 176 e y_;,:mfil, ROSS, Wor- had arrived with his bride. should be pushed. shipful as! AMES W. LEI- By Roberta Lee The seers prophesy for Mussolini - VERS, Sccrefary. i 5| William Rugg, 67, mineral Imany difficuities within Italy asjg e bk ot i raug| an in the S jor Gen-|well as in the colonies. Peril of] | | Q. When giving a dinner dance, |draughtsman in the Surveyor Gen: |we 4 ; e g K oy { REBEKAHS does a hostess usually send two|eral’s office, passed away early inirevolution is forecast as the dictator Dr. Richard Williams Perseverance Lodge nu. = A meets sets of invitations? {the morning as the result of a para-|pursues the policy of \‘_‘,“)’,’\"m. 4 ‘ DENTIST every second and fourth Wednes- A. Yes; the hostess often issues |lytic stroke. Russia is to gain ..llllflllt‘lilitfir& OFFICE AND RESIDENCE | | 48V: LOOF. Hall. | BETTY Mc- twao sets of invitations, one for those | S in power through new alliances in} AL L i DOWELL, Noble Grand: RUTH » invited to dinner, and another for, No 4-minute speeches were sched-|Asia, but will pay for extension of | | BLAKE, Secretary. those invited to dance only, |uled for the theatres during the|Soviet rule in the blood of soldiers o e s £ S0 SIS e Q. Is it proper to sign a letter, Week In the horoscope of President| : . P e Your humble servant? g _— Roosevelt the culminating position ™ A. No. This form of closing a| Alfred H. Brooks, famous Alas-|of Mars in the aspect to Mercury Dr. Judson Whittier ||} G“ s .th letter was used many years ago, but Kan geologist, was "s‘om(‘\vhvm in is read u\.Ilgn;n‘f‘:\m c(.n.xv:-;‘g?l:;;; SHTROWIA IO ! s y ml had been obsolete for a long time, France’ with Gen. Pershing build-|international policies is indicated for| Drugices Physidian 88 @ What is meant by a "gues' ing trenches and dugouts. him, but his diplomats will face Office hours: 10-12, 1-5, 7-8 [ |} n R u G s prize,” at a bridge party? 2 sl s i «wayl | Rooms 2-3-4, Triangle Bidg. {l A. This is a prize presented to! A half page advertisement in The; Adolph Hitler is subject to a sway| PHONE 667 ) the honored guest, without being Empire announced the arrival of that is read as presaging ill health.| e e:‘i PUROLA REMEDIES won. three new beverages, Lifestaff, Ap-| Women are subject to conflicting| A | S lestaff and Bockstaff. planetary influence. Many will be PRESCRIPTIONS CARE- @ o SR javid for public notice. Fashions| i i FULLY COMPOUNDED | | Mrs. Felix Gray, Mrs. E. J. White will accent eccentricity in dre; 1 2 : DAILY LESSONS | 'and Mrs. V. A. Walker, were guests| Girls should spend this day in| ‘ Dr. A. W. Stewart I Front Street Next Colise.a IN ENGLISH of four Douglas teachers at a din- practical tasks. They should seek| DENTIST | PHONE 97—Free Delivery ner at the Gastineau Cafe. The peace of mind regarding lessons and! Hours 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. S8R AR e, By W. L. Gordon teachers were the Misses Dickman, home relations. The wise will culti-| SEWARD BUILDING | S R T A ke | Vanagle, Marr and Bullock. |vate domestic efficiency | Office Phone 469 b 4 | Preparation of food will assume| AT 4TV WML, Words Often Misused: Do not say, Weather Report—High 34; low 33. new importance as the winter ad- a0 i “I didn’t sleep last night.” Say, Snow, slushy. vances and the cost of living ri | = “I didn't have any sleep last night.” Ll {Cooking again will be recognized | DRO“HEOYAATECE \ Reliable b Often Mispronounced: Buenos as one of the fine arts, | AR ANt exaditnation Tl DS Aires. Pronounce bwa-nos i-ras, BUND IssuE | Persons whose birthdate it is have, f""s" ;uon ::) & elz‘, 1 %680 | optipaNiul both a's as in day, o as in no, i the augury of a year of advancement | | free. FHours i " preavim- i i || 7 to 9:30 by appointment ti as in lie, accent first syllable of and general good fortune. Far jour- Skt l;olvl Anne® L - each word. neyings are presaged for a few. 3 H | : | % . Phone 177 - i ) Often Misspelled: Chrysanthe- IS DEFE ATED ! Children born on this day prob-| | e Ll B“tler Ma“ro Drug Co mum. i ably will be of pleasing personality T Synonyms: Enthusiast, fanatic, AT KETCHIKAN and “”N;{‘ "1”“ S“';\ ) ”I[ ”"’L : D R, \Y”""“”‘”‘”"“"- zealot, bigot. sign usually have a keen interes ¥ | I omorrost‘ les Word Study: “Use a word three in_humanity. [ Robert Simpson, Opt.D. E T 24 times and it is yours” Let us in-| g Terence V. Powderly, labor lead-| | Graduate Los Angeles College | || Today” § » crease our vocabulary by mastering _The question of issuing bonds was er, was born on this day 1849. Oth- of Optometry and e one word each day . Today's word: Gefeated last Tuesday at the spec- ers who have celebrated it as a Opthalmology 11 Pendent (adjective); supported 4l election held at Ketchikan, ac- birthday included Sir Frances Ba-| | Glasses Fitted Lemses Ground | | ! from above; suspended. “Pendent cording to Empire advices from the con, philosopher and statesman, - N { trom the ceiling were garlands of CDYORicle. The issue was defeated 1561; Lord Byron, poet, 1788. 5 5 .2 s ¥ N i by a vote of 311 against to 184 in (Copyright, 1938) i N A HUBRY ! ... 160K, i | & . ALL COLE FOR OIL | ! 3 _{,‘m'fhfi question w :;1 W“t‘lim‘!i o' MUSIC PROGRAM PLANNED 34 plus or 27 gravity, in any | | he incorporated city o et- e il 1 % Juneau public school instrument- amount . . . QUICK! | LOOK chikan, Alaska, shall issue bonds . . ot Juneau's Own Store OK and LEARN | {0 2ot oo ton e g @ music students wil present an | COLE TRANSFER | : By A. C. Gordon pose of rebuilding Water Street, the g0 whlih ) dves plans’ ¢ i Phone 3441 or Night 554 | ‘-"'"‘““"‘“"“’““, o rebuilding of portions of Tongass underway. T 5 = s = i {Avenue between Kennedy Street it i 1. What is the distinction fifiland Washington Street, acquiring, «gone With the Wind,” by Mar-| Have Your Eyes Examined by | | H. S. GRAVES tween “forelgn” and fallem'? - {iright of way for and bullding 550 gorer Mitchell, is rated the fastest | “The Clothing Man” 2. To what profession did Abfiifeet of the Millar Street extension selling novel since the war Dr. Rae L. Carlson | | Home of Hart Schaffner and ham Lincoln belong? fand for filling and rebuilding Mis- - = 4 OPTOMETRIST } Marx Clothing 3. What bird can feed its young sion and Stedman Streets” (The 5 F st while on the wing? {Water Street improvement has al- In Vice Probe | office Ludwig Nelson's ni — 4. What is the average annualiready been m‘.dm Shop Phone Green |5 , i rainfall over the entire United| - — o Hollmann’s Pharmac); States? AK B 201 Seward St. Phone 5. What Michigan city is claimed TAKU SQUADRON bl l'; lNell-:‘ry Hehn PRESCRIPTIONS CA::;})‘LLY to be the oldest French town in the atch and Jewl | COMPOUNDED U. S. OFFT]'(O:EMROSR ME ET at very reasonable rates FRESH DRUGS I Lo s - ROW AT 3 | PAUL BLOEDHORN | = vt il | | STREET L i ANSWERS Captain LeRoy Vestal of Taku i sl L 1. Foreign refers to a difference|Squadron, Sons of the Legion, has | . : 3 = | RR of birth, alien to difference of alle-|called a meeting of the Executive 7T "ON THE MEZZANINE Lo | -!- B. WA ACK glance. |Committee of the Squadron, which ! EAU | Engineers—Contractors The law. |includes all officers, for 3 o'clock to- | HOTEL JUN 3. The hummingbird. |morrow afternoon at the Legion | BEAUTY SHOP | JUNEAU 4. 3020 inches. Dugout. All officers of the Squad- | LYLAH WILSON | 5. Sault Ste. Marie. ron are urged to be there promptly | | ‘Contoure Telephone | 3 - ~lat 3 OC],OCk', A || X-Er-Vac 538 | |z 5 { Phone 723—115-2nd st s { £5) | AudirT atig Bruigen s‘ER”"" ’ i ¢ - THE RoYAL | |OCKHEED OUT i ' JAMES C. COOPER, | . . . BEAUTY SALON SIGRID’S i 1‘ 303-05 Goldstein Building OPEN EVENINGS | g | BEAUTY SALON | Public Stenographer “If your hair is not becoming Shell Simmons hopped to Funter s ARANCE IS | Notary Public | to you — You should be Bay this morning in the Lockheed 3 | YOUR APPE 5 s coming to us.” with three passengers, J. W. Felix, | OUR RESPONSIBILITY' | 3 K T __4lW. 5. Pekovich, and Jack Little- Shattuck Bldg. BVl e AL > foage, | [ — — - - g : HARRY Simmons expects to make a return | | & e FRBCIALKZING CE flight to Funter this afternoon. A _]UNEAU In French RA pe e S ERe | | o DRUGGIST | SCHOOL VALENTINE DANCE [l M-ELODY HOUSE and Plans are now underway for a | | | Music and Electric Appliances “The Squibb_ |Valentine Day dance to be given | | (Next Gastineau Hotel) Italian Stores of by the Girls' Club of Juneau High | Mrs. Pigg Phone 65 Dinners Alaska’ School on February 11, with Miss |3everly Reynolds (above), key wit- ST R 5 S KR ST BHE Mary Jean McNaughton as chair- |less against tlflc: Montana, New c L+ 3| man. fork vice overlord, was reported in | AFE | PERCY’S c AFE e = light by District Attorney Dodge, | Ah k M ~ s I ! GAS“NEAU ! 7 STUDENT ROTARY GUEST vho could not find her before Mon- | | ska Music Supply | TINEAU CAFE | Mitchell Daniloff, seni lass | @na’s trial in New York City. It || Arthur M. Uggen, Manager GAS d | Ice Cream, Soft Drinks, Candy R be‘ LAY enior €lass{ g now charged that the witness was | | Pianos—Musical Instruments | COFFEE SHOP president, has been elected to rep- | vailable and offered her testimony. | | and Supplies Bt 160 P | Percy Reynolds, Manager | | €sent the High School at the Ju- Phone 206 122 W. Second | 4 { |neau Rotary Club for the next | G ::| Lode and placer location notices 3¢ J five-week period. I BODD]NG TRANSFER [ for sale at The Empire Office. g |1 || Try the Empire classifieds for Y3 || MARINE PHO“ results. Empire classifieas pay. s | 'BUILDING Rock—Coal Hlulln( Stove—Fuel Oil Delivery | TR S ool WS SR 1) S The First National Bank The B. M. Behrends THE VOGUE TUNEAU 3 Correctly Styled Clothes Bank e Wi ® abiidg T Juneau, Alaska 7 £ SURPLUS—-SIO0,000 o & | Health Foods C | Health Foods Center COMMERCIAL BATTLE CREEK, HAUSER COMMERCIAL AND SAVINGS : AND OTHER DIETETIC ACCOUNTS and SAVINGS , L ’ o | Juneau Telephone 62 | SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES o i 3 Resources Over Two and "“Alaska Federal Savi 2% Paid on SKa I'eder; vings . : 1 . . H One-Half Million Dollars | and Loan Association Savings | Accounts Insured Up to $5,000 . P. O. Box 2718—Phone 3 Accounts OFFICE—119 Seward St. Juneau, Alaska - — 54 \