The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 20, 1940, Page 4

4 mbdily Alaska Empire Sublished every evening ecept Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Becond and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. vm Pmmm and | lmlneu Manager SUBSCRIPTION WATES: Detivered by carrier In Jancas and Douslas for §1.85 per month. y mail, postace paid. at the following rates: One yeur. in havance, $12.00; six months, In advanoe, $0.08; one month, in advance, $1.25. Subscribers will confer a favor If they will promptly notify the Business Office of any faflure or frregulariiy in the de- Gvery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 603; Business Office, 374, MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Prees Is exclusively emtitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other. wise credited In this neper and also the local news published ALASKA mu‘nol GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THA' F ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. GEOR-E D. CLOSE, Inc., National Newspaper Representa- Iv-n -ma offices in_8an Prancisco, Los Angeles, Portland, . Chicago, New York and Boston. SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE Oflbert A. Wellington, 1011 Bank Buflding. HEED THE HANDWRITI There is handwriting on the ramparts we watch. In bloody letters it warns of the peril that hangs over this nation. It bespeaks the fate of nations which act too late or not at all. America still has time to act. But not much time. Like a big-hearted brother it has shared the regrets over the lost liberties of those nations which went under because they were confident the menace would never touch them. ‘What price indifference? erous examples. There are to furnish further examples. Only Great Britain, in fact. What is this nation waiting for? Will it, too, k2cause of lack of initiative, be forced to join the cl of the condemned: “If only we had acted in time”? The Battle of Britain has begun. Day after day swarms of Nazi raiders pound at the island, seeking to destroy shipyards, air fields, industrial plants and to spread terror among civilians. This may go on for some time. Germany hopes first to batter Britain so badly that when Hitler is ready to attempt an actual invasion resistance will be fatally crippled. That attempt may come with the next high tide. If British defenses hold, it may be postponed or frus- trated if ‘Britain is lucky enough to possess sufficient weapons. But the fate of Britain cannot be left to chance. Britain must have the weapons! Neither traiters nor cynics any longer contend that this country is neutral. It has given, even officially, many proofs that it is not. What, then, is to be gained by tying knots in the fire hose while Britain burns? As things stand, we are neither neutral nor belliger- ent. Even sc, we have not gone far enough in our benevolent attitude toward the Allied cause to be really effective. This is the weakness, for the majority of | citizens rightly relate the future of this country to the outcome of the Battle of Britain. It is only common sense—an exercise of the na- tional instinct of self-preservation—to help that cause, our own cause. What have we done so far? ‘We have permitted Britain to purchase planes and cther equipment. We have taken pounds sterling 50 that Britain may get sufficient weapons to fight our battle for us. She asks for more. And William S. Knudsen, chairman of the National Defense Ad- There have been num- not many nations left Yy isery Commission, s |in self-defense. tells London she can have 1300 to 1,400 planes a month by the end of 1941—half of what she requested. The rest, says Mr. Knudsen, will have tc be retained in this country for national de- fense. American defense in terms of the current situa- tion consists primarily of defending Britain. Every plane that goes to the invested island is a plane in the service of what this country stands for. This is the attitude President Roosevelt took in his unprecedented trade of 50 destroyers for U. S. defense bases in British islands of the Caribbean. For all of that deal’s far-reaching implications in its vigor- ous executive action without consulting Congress, it has been almost unanimously approved by public opinfon in America. Wendell Willkie, as an opposi- tion candidate might be excused for doing, had some uncomplimentary things to y about Roosevelt dic- tatorship. But the public nndmwmeut of the Presi- dent's move speedily silenced harping critics. If Wilikie had persisted in making an issue of the trade, he would have taken a sound thrashing in the battle, for the American people are on the President’s side in this argument. If the President had submitted a request to Con- gress to conclude such an exchange with Britain, the Senate and House would still be bickering about it at Christmas. Everyone knows that would be too late. This country could well give Britain, not 50, but 150 destroyers if she were in a position to do so, for they will not only be fighting the battle of Britain, they will be preventing what might become in a short time, should Britain fall, the Battle of America. If the United States is to hold its ramparts it must heed the handwriting. Sad Memories (Cleveland Plain Dealer) Like a man tottering into a drunkard’s grave who stops to celebrate the anniversary of his signing the pledge, some of the nations should this week be ob- serving the 12th birthday of the Briand-Kellogg no- war pact. By this agreement more than 60 nations promised never to resort to war for the promotion of national policy. The event was hailed as a great step toward a warless civilization. The war to end wars seemed then about to realize its own high idealism. Alas, for treaties! The League of Nations in flight. The magnificent Peace Palace in Nazi hands. The Briand-Kellogg pacts repudiated by many of its more conspicuous and powerful signers. The treaties, so warmly acclaimed a dozen years ago, become now apples of Sodom. Reliance for peace, over much of the earth, rests not on solemn pledge but on the might of ruthless arms. America, at least, remains true to her anti-war agreement. But, facing a mad world, armed and ag- gressive, America can do no less than to arm quickly This is the only effective answer to other nations which, pledging peace, engage in war. Salute to Willkie (Fhiladelphia Record) To Wendell L. Willkie our congratulations and our cheers for his straight-from-the-shoulder repudiation of the Rev. Charles E. Coughlin and any others “who oppose people because of their race.” Willkie could have remained. silent on this issue, and probably picked up a few votes. Many politicians would have remained silent. But it is to the credit of the G.O.P. nominee that he spoke right out: who stands for any form of prejudice as to anybody's who stands for any form of prejudice as to anybory's race or religion or who is in support of any foreign eccnomic or political philosophy in this country. “I don’t have to be President of the United States, but I do have to keep my beliefs clear in order to live with myself. I'm not enough interested in being President to compromise my fundamental beliefs." That's real American doctrine. We've had criti- cism to make of Willkie, when we thought it due. This time praise is dve—for taking the issue of racial and religious prejudice out of the campaign, where certain interests would like to put it. A pro-Willkie editorial in Coughlin’s paper, Social Justice, was the cause of the candidate's statement. Significantly, after hearing Willkie's comment, Father Coughlin said he “had not made up his mind whom to support,” and that “maybe I'll prefer to keep silent.” We hope he does. This is a campaign between real Americans. Vlaslnnqlon ; Merry- Go-Round (Continued from Page Ona) namely government arsenals, is bit- terly opposed by business, while the second, that of private factories, is vigorously opposed by the Govern- ment. And because private muni- tions plants were torn down after the World War, the United States finds itself in a serious predicament today. For instance, take the question of powder—most essential of all ingre- dients to a national defense pro- gram. At the end of the World War, the United States, by herculean ef- fort and by spending vast sums of mcney, was producing 496,000,000 peunds of gun powder annually. In addition, new factories were being built whiclr in another three months | after the Armistice upped our pow T another 500,000,000 to a total of one billion pounds. In comparison with production by this billion pounds, however, annual production of powder the United States today is a paltry 20,000,000 pounds. Reason for this js that private industry tore down its powder factories after the war. POWDER SHORTAGE SERIOUS Powder is the bottleneck of na- ticnal defense. Without it not a shot can be fired, not even a revolver, And todays powder shortage is most serious. It is to avoid these shortages in the future, not only in regard to powder, but also other | essentials of modern warfare that the Government is anxious to build some of its own plants, or at leasy cbtain a lien on them in order to prevent their destruction after the war is over. Therefore, the plan proposed by Judge Robert Patter- son, newly appointed Assistant Sec- retary of War, is to let the govern- ment erect the factories, Leep them permanently in case the would have| in | o |other words, if it was built for the emergency, but lease them' to, pri- vate industry. This also would solve the tax prob- lem, because industry would have no need to ask for early amortiza- tion on its emergency expenditures. The duPonts have been highly cooperative under this plan, and are going to operate a government- built powder plant in southern In- diana. However, some other indus- trial leaders are opposed even to this compromise plan, and there has been some lobbying around the Na- ticnal Defense Commission to keep government out of the munitions business in any manner, shape or form. Although private industry looks; askance at the idea of the govern-, ment building too many munitions plants, this opposition is a mere bag of peanuts compared to its vigorous, 100 percent disapproval of the tax reservation placed in the | new tax bill by the House of Rep- | resentatives and the Treasury. | This reservation would give tax benefit to private manufacturers who had expanded plant facilities; Ibut in return for those benefits the Government would exercise a cer- tain amount of control over the fu- {ture disposition of the factory. In emergency and if tax benefits were granted _because of that fact, then the Treasury contends that the plant should not be torn down immedi- ately after the emergency or con- verted to something else without the |approval of the government. This, private industry says, threat- ! ens to put the government right h\‘ the middle of the munitions busi- | ness, and the National Defense Com- mission, without calling it a “sit- |down,” has warned that such threat- ened control might prevent capital from flowing into the national de- | fense program. once the government has us own factories, Congress might go ahead and operate them in competition with private business. In fact, the definite fear is that the United States might do what has been done in many European countries, such as Germany, Italy and France, where the munitions industry is virtually owned and operated by the Government. NOTE—To some War Department observers it would even seem that they feared ‘this possibility almost more than the possibility of the Na- zi control of industry in the United States—a situation which might eventuate if our national defense program is delayed. WICKARD'S HOGS When Claude Wickard, new Sec- retary of Agriculture, went back home to Indiana the other day, local newspapers pursued him for de- tails about his private life. In one case he was called to the telephone ‘to answer a question put by a lady reporter. “I want to know what you are doing, Mr. Wickard,” she said. Wick- ard explained that he had been working on his farm that morning. “But what kind of work?"” the lady. persisted. “I've been working With the hogs,” said the Secretary. “Feeding them, or something like that?" “No,” said Wickard, “Do you want me to tell you just what I've been doing?” “Yes, please do,” was the eager reply. “Well,” said Wickard, “I've been | working with breeding stock.” “You've been what —?” Wickard repeated the statement. “Oh dear,” replied the lady, “let's talk about something* else.” (Copyright, 1940, by United Pen- ture Syndicate, Inc.) < — o | THREAT OF NAZI CONTROL Apparently industrialists: seem to Thoumy |think that these government-owned |aska plants might be held over indus- future | try's head in the future; and that, largest paid circulablon of any Al e Mlfllflm THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, SEPT. 20, w0 SEPTEMBER 0 || EI E1112[13[14] 1617]18/182021] EE&]E«B%}-@ 2980 [ [ [ [ | HAPPY BIRTHDAY SEPTEMBER 20 Robert M. Huntoon Francis E. McMahon Robert Anthony Pegues Richard Irving Pegues Mrs. Alma Hendrickson Severt Jacobson Pete Pappas Oliver Penlope Cliff Weaver Mina Silverton Gussie Weybrecht Harold Magorty Wi HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” | e Sl T SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 Benefic aspects strongly dominate today. It is a stimulating sway, for- tunate for business affairs and es- pecially for merchandising expan- sion. Political leaders should bene- fit. Heart and Home: Women today are subject to favorable influences. It is an auspicious date for wed- dings and social affairs. Romance should flourish this evening when young men may be unusually. sus- ceptible to the charms of pretty girls. Women will accomplish much in preparation for extreme need of charitable aids in coming weeks. Refugee relief also will assume pressing features. Business Affairs: Warning is given that criticism of many Am- erican methods in big business will engage political orators who thus will accomplish unforeseen results of far-reaching effects. Danger .of encouragement to subversive agefi- cies will be marked, but trade wilf be good in the United Statest through the autumm. Surprisesy trade agreements again are fore- cast. Credit should be extended wise- ly but cautiously. National Issues: Conservative po- litical leaders will be slow to rec- ognize that a new order of things demands changes in. customs : and/| figetfulness of binding traditionis: Contest for the highest office in the land will develop bi-partisan harmony on issues of supreme mo- ment. Farmers will gain influence as the national campaign progress= es. Women will exercise hidden power in political moves of big po- tentialities. Perils will increase op,| ments that bear the peace labe! in foreign lands. - 1 International Affairs: '!‘rem)!* will be discovered in a negotiation of great promise to the United States. Commercial advantages wil be offered as bait for strange alli- ances among government heads in Europe. American diplomats now will be tested in problems that.af- fect commerce. Both the navy and the air force will engage in impor- tant movements this autumn. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of good luck, but it will be imperative to curb extravagance. Women will have hap- piness in domestic ties. Children born on this day p ably will be staunch in chat: and really talented. They may keen intellectually and able to success. (Copyrlght 1940) FlrleBlrd for School Term Issued Today The J-Bird, official organ of the Juneau High School made its first appearance today for the -940-41 oh school year. The staff includes the following: . . Editorial Staff Editors, Isabel Parsons, Hallie Rice; Associate Editors, Violet Paul, John Tanaka; Editorial Adviser, Theodore Hodwalker, Typists — Dorothy Fors, Dorothy 2 Lililan Olson, Kay Mc] ter, ‘McEaehran, Mildred Ken- dle.. *“Repmen Betty Nordlitig, Doris ‘McEachran, Margaret Femmer, Suzy Winn, Maxine Nostrand, Rogsr Gon~ nor, Bob Boggan, Verna Mae Gru- ber, Patricia Olsen, Marilyn Armn- strong, Tina Lepetich, Jean John- son, Doris Cahill, Betty Rice, Zaida Carlson, Dessa Schneider, Mildred Kendler, Anna Lois Davis, Shirley] Davis. Business Staff Business Manager, Axel Nielsen; Assistant Business Manager, Dean Allen; Advertising Salesme! old Bloomgquist, DeRoux, Zaida Carlson, Ned ger; Copy Boy, : Tony Newsboys, Marlyn Feero, Krause, Tony . DelSanto; Adviser, Miss Marjorie Tillotson. this continent despite strange hovi-|' 1940. 20 YEARS AGO 7% empire e SEPTEMBER 20, 1920 Maurice D. Leehey, former special counsel for the Territorial Ship- ping Board, was a passenger on the steamer Alaska enroute to Cordova and the Nizina River district. Leehey visited Juneau friends while the vessel was in port. With a crew of fifteen men working steadily, the tunnel work at Funter Bay was being done on the property of the Alaska Admiralty Mining and Milling Company and was progressing favorably, according to W. S. Pekovich, President of the company, who was in the city on business. George F. Forrest left for’ Seward on a business trip on the steamer Alaska. Miss Helen Troy, nf.Thr Empire staff, left on the Princess Alice to resume her studies at the University of Washington. D. J. Williams, a mining engineer, left on the Admiral Evans for Ketchikan, He was going to the Hyder district on business. E. J. Wilhelm, in charge of the wireless station here, returned on the Alaska accompanied by his wife and children. The Rev. and Mrs. G. G. Bruce were southbound passengers on the Princess Alice on a vacation trip. g Miss Cordelia Jennings, daughter of Judge and Mrs. Jennings, left on the Princess Alice for Seattle to visit. Robert W. Weather conditions: Cloudy. At et e e Daily Lessons in English %' 1. corpon oo moamomsommean ) WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “The arrangement of your rooms is different than hers.” Say, “is different FROM hers." OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Flaccid. Pronounce flak-sid, A as in AT, I as in IT, accent first syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Macadam; mag¢adamize. Observe the three SYNONYMS: Outrage, abuse. affront, insult, injury, wrong. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: EFFICACY; power to produce effects. (Accent first syllable). “I firmly believe in the efficacy of prayer.” o e MODERN ETIQUETTE ** ROBERTA LEE s e a0 ) 3. If you are a house guest, and some member of the family hecomes ill, should you stay on for the length of your visit? A. It would be betler to leave, unless you know that you can be of considerable help. Q. How long in advance of their arrival should a hostess be ready to receive her dinner guests? A. At least 15 to 20 minnutes in advance. Q. TIsn't a house guest entitled to make demands upon the servants of the hostess? A. Not to any extent. e e e LOOK and lEARNA C. GORDON e - - 4 - - D B O e S S Which is the most rapid grower of all the well known fruit trees? What name is applied to the level plains of Russia and Siberia? Who was the most conspicuous figure in the civil life in the South the Civil War? What is the most widely distributed element in nature? ‘What city is the principal enter of commerce in the West Indies? ANSWERS: ‘The apple tree. Steppes. Jefferson Davis, Presidency of the Confederacy. Oxygen. Havana, Cuba. One may occasionally ask some small favor. 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