The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 13, 1941, Page 4

I‘HE DAlLY ALAbKA LMPIRE 'IHURSDAY MARCH I3 l94l Daily Alaska Empi Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. HELEN TROY BENDER - President R L BERNARD - - V)ce-Prcsldem and Business Manager | Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month. | By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: | One vear, in advance, §12.00; six months, in advance, $8.00; one month, in advance, $1.25. Subscribers will confer a favor If they will promptly notity | the Business Office of any fallure or irregularity in the de- | livery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS | The Assoclated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for 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. " GEORGE D. CLOSE, Inc. National News| tives, with offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, S(‘ul(]l Chicago, New York and BO\!OH Portland, " Frank J. Dunning, SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE American Bank Building T1om WHAT HE DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT ALASKA So that Alaskans may judge Rep. Samuel Dick- stein’s efforts to colonize the Territory with foreign refugees in the light of the Congressman’s knowledge of Alaska, we reprint the following observaiions of Dickstein from the Congressional Record: “Except for the towns farthest north, such as Nome, Coal Harbor, and Anchorage, the temperatures do not differ considerably from those prevailing in Minnesota, or North Dakota, or in the United States. . . “Thirty thousand of the Alaskan inhabitants are Eskimo Indians, Most of the existing inhabitants of Alaska are laborers; very few are devoted to commercial or other middle-class occupations. . . “At least 65,000 square miles can be cleared and cultivated. . . “The Kennicott copper mines are located at Copper River; and the well-known Matanuska agri- cultural settlement near Anchorage is in this area. . . “Southwestern Alaska comprises the Bristol Bay and Aleutian Islands areas. It is rugged and popu- lated mainly by Eskimos. The summers are wet and foggy and the winters are uncomfortable. . . “Bstimates’ as to how many people Alaska can really support or how many people can profitably settle there vary, but it is generally accepted that Alaska could support a potential population of 3,-| 000,000 people. Certainly, this may be considered the minimum population which can find their livelihood in Alaska if the resources of this country are fully developed. . . “At present, with a population of some 60,000, Alaska imports more than $5,000,000 worth of pro-| ducts which can be produced in Alaska proper, like| meats, milk, butter, cheese, and vegetables, all of which can be produced in the Territory. Nearly $1,000,000 worth of fresh and canned fruit is import- ed every year into Alaska, and some of it, of course, can also be raised locally, . . “I have given these facts to the House in a rather brief summary to illustrate the point which I have made in the beginning of my address (that the immigration bars ought to be let down so that Alaska can be populated with foreign refugees). I fee] that with the development of Alaska and its establishment as a point of colonization, we shall have helped the cause of our national defense, which is 80 uppermost in our minds at the present time.” Pohcy in the Paclfic (New York Times) The United States decides to fortify Guam and to reinforce its Pacific fleet; Great Britain lands Australian troops at Singapore—and Japan complains that this strengthening of the defenses of their own territories by the American and British govern- ments constitutes an act of “provocation.” This seems a curious conclusion. But it should not be | dismissed merely as an attempt to keep the record straight for home consumption in Japan. Actually it reveals the gulf between Japanese and American thinking that makes peace in ‘the Pacific precarious. Let us recall that it was on American initiative that an agreement was reached, in the Washington Arms Conference of 1921-22, by which the chief naval Powers bound themselves not to fortify their insular possessions in the Western Pacific. Let us recall also that it was on Japanese initiative that this same agreement was abrogated after 14 years. Let us remember, too, that for more than a decade the United States has been so consistent in its ad- herence to the Pact of Paris, by which we renounced war as an instrument of national policy, that we have also avoided the threat of war as such an in- strument. There is no confusion in the official Japanese mind about the American opposition to Japan's present expansionist policy. But in the repeated protests that the United States has made to Japan in recent years the threat of war has been conspicu- ously lacking. We have not hesitated to use eco- nomic instruments in the form of strictures on Japan and assistance to China. But the Japanese have become convinced that we do not intend to use force, or even the threat of force, to sustain our positions. The Japanese, on the other hand, have made free use since 1931 of both force and the threat of force as the chief instruments ‘of policy. When these were resisted, as in the case of China, there was war. When they were not resisted, as in the| case of French Indo-China, fhere was surrender. It has become axiomatic in Japanese policy that these are the alternatives when the “new order” is| under consideration, The physical evidence that the United States and Britain do not now propose to surrender therefore becomes tantamount in the Japa- nese mind to embracing the other alternative, What is regarded in this country and in Britain as an| elementary act of self-defense becomes for Japan an act of “provocation.” A clear definition by our Government of the difference between ‘“provocation” and self-defense, and of the point at which defénse of our position calls for the use of force, would help to clear the air in both Tokyo and Washington. The British Fool Them Plenty (Philadelphia Record) Mario Appelius, described as the star writer of Benito Mussolini’s “Il Popolo d’Italia,” says that the following four classes of Italians are being “deceived” by the British: 1. Some members of the Roman aristocracy. 2. Waiters who remember large tips from Eng- lish tourists. 3. A section (unnamed) of the middle class. 4. Girls whose ideas originate in Hollywood. To this list we would add a fifth group which is being very effectively deceived by the British day after day— 5. The generals of the Italian Army. Even British calm may ‘be upset by ml.staka} possible when soldiers begin sending those messugu\ junder the code number bargain plan just devised, A few wrong numbers involving distant wives, hus- bands or merely sweethearts may be confusing no end when the errors include such phrases as “Love and kisses”; “Son is born”; “You are more than| ever in my thoughts at this time”; “Good show. Keep it up”; “I wish we were together on this special occasion”; “Glad if you could send some money.” A physician recommends a salty diet as a pre- caution against colds. We knew the taverns had our best interests at heart when they placed a bowl of pretzels at the bar, The German radio, asking for suggestions from Americans, found it was not very well liked over here. In fact, it couldn't be much more disliked even if it carried soap operas, Vlazhmmon Merry- Go-Round (Continued from Page Oue) now was in being on the side that wanted to get us into the war, be- cause that is what people read be- cause of its sensational scare value.” BILL BULLITT’S “PALS” Best barometer of how the State Department boys love each other was the recent report that Myron Taylor, U. S. envoy to the Vatican, would resign. Immediately cropped up a flood of rumors that William C. Bullitt, ex-Ambassador to*France and close, friend of the President, would be the new envoy to the Vatican. Actually, there was nothing to it— except that almost everyone in the State Department, anxious to get close-friend Bullitt away from the President’s dinner table, chorused: “The Vatican is just the :place for. Bill! We must send him there!” LA ROOSEVELT’S HEALTH Probably no President of the Unit- ed States since Teddy Roosevelt has come through two terms in' office in’| such good physical shape as F. D. R. ‘The President has aged somewhat. His hair is thinner and grayer. Tell- tale lines on his face testify to the wear and tear of domestic and in- ternational crises, However, his energy, his resiliency, his ability to take work in his stride, have not chapged. Secret’ of the Pr#sident’s general good -health is the fact that he changes pace by getting away to Hyde 'Park and on fishing cruises. When he is in Washington, prob- ably the biggest boon to his health is the green-tiled swimming pool located between the Executive Of- fices and the residential part of the White House: There, when the grind of the day’s conferences is over, the President tries to spend half an hour swim- (and labor policies. With_it goes g‘fmonths of --1040. ming, usually with Harry Hopklns," a member of the Cabinet, or on oc- casion a juvenile guest whom Mrs. Roosevelt has invited to the White House. The President is not a particularly good swimmer. He employs a cross between an overhand stroke and the well-known “dog paddle,” and pro- pels himself entirely with his arms. When he turns over on his back, however, there is a big improve- ment, and his powerfully built chest and shoulders make him the equal of the average back-stroke swimmer. After the dip, the President takes a shower, followed by a rub-down given him by George Fox, assistant to White House physician Dr. Ross McIntire, after which he is ready for dinner and long nights of work in the Lincoln study. PRO-NAZI SHOW Some of the things that go on in Washington are so fantastic you have to see them to believe. Through the defense program and lend-lease bill the United States is 2xpending billions to combat Naz- ism, and one of the leading execut- ors of this policy is Seretary Jesse Jones, ruler of the RFC and De- partment of Commerce. Yet daily, under the block-long roof of the De- partment of Commerce, a show that has definite pro-Nazi propaganda implications is being staged. It is not public. Admittance is by invitation, and the list has been confined to select government of- ficials. The show consists of an exhibit, bearing the fancy title of “Econorama,” and a lecturer. It is financed by James D. Mooney, General Motors Vice-President, who for many years was head of the company’s overseas division in Ger- many. General Motors has nothing ‘o do with the show; it is entirely Mooney’s baby except for the floor space generously provide by the Commerce Department. Gist of “Econorama,” a flashy exhibit of charts, graphs,‘lights and glass jars containing vari-colored waters, is that the U. 8. should adopt German production methods remarkable spiel. The lecturer is Thomas M. Mc- Neice, an easy-talking personable young man, who can expound in- definitely on the failings of the U. S. economic system, and who is not averse to slipping in an occasional plug, by contrast, for German meth- ods. Talking on the: defense pro- gram, he declared that the way to speed it up was to take a leaf from the Nazis by cutting down civilian consumption and increasing the “productivity” of labor. “Germany,” he declared, ‘has learned .her lesson. We haven't.” This remark was the last straw for a Federal Reserve Board econ- omist, who had been listening in rising fire. “If you like the Nazis so much,” be blurted out, “why don’t you bring Hitler over here?” McNeice made no reply. NOTE: In a Saturday Evening Post article last August, Mooney de- clared that the British were taking a “hell of a licking,” urged the United States to “get busy at once” and oring about a negotiated peace. “We have already done too much mnonkeying around in the, European situation,” Mooney wrote,.“in help- ing England and France to take on Germany for a fight.” MERRY-GO-ROUND Another close adviser of Presi- 1941 MAI!CH 1911 [S0N [ WoN | Tut | web [TwoR] i | st | L 8 12 18[19 34l25/26 4 11 l [ HAPPY BIRTHDA'! | MARCH 13 Arthur B. Judson Clarence Matthews Edwin E. Johnson T. F. Clarke Alice Sey Norah Raffgrty ' Dora H, Michello Edwin T. Holworth. .| Mrs. F. T. Harrison. « Amos R. Brown s Ry HOROSCOPE | “The stars incline but do not compel” | — 4 | | | {1 FRIDAY, MARCH 1€ which should be most fortunate ron the clergy and churches. Oenernl turning toward religious faiths 15| presaged by the stars, They prom- ise today a development of inter- | est in spiritual aspirations, 3 Heart and Home: Under mis‘i sway members of the family should | take a serious view of life and should cooperate in all plans re-| lating to money. Inclination to| spend a great deal foolishly should be overcome, for the future will prove how wise are they who safe- guard their financial resources. This is an unlucky day for writing let-| ters or signing contracts, It is not| an auspicious date for making new | friends. Girls need not rely on this day's romances, for they will| be fleeting. Business Affairs: Temptation to! time when new fortunes are in the making. Prosperity will inspire ex- travagant spending. Horse-racing| and sports that invite betting will be patronized, despite war clouds. Manufacturing is to reach great| output by midsummer and the seers prognosticate at least ten years of | intensive production. Even if the war should end suddenly, repmm of the waste caused by world con-; flict assures protracted activity \L top speed. s National TIssues: Educators,'will| be deeply concerned regardin», proper direction of students, as they prepare them for a world of |change. Stress upon foundation principles will be urged by the far-seeing who realize that thor- 1ough training in essentials is more important than instruction in ptire-' ly cultural subjects., The dlgnily' of work' will be emphasized as prepar- ation for peace is realized as most age many concessions which "help| the people to demonstrate Ioyalty to Britain. This month is to be marked by unusual events in Lon- don where labor leaders will yvoice criticism as well as praise for war policies. Again, changes in the| British Cabinet are forecast. Death' will remove men conspicuous in| London. The United States will be practically a war partner now, Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of pros- perity. Business interests will suc- ceed as will love affairs, but treach- ery is indicated in what is near the heart., Children born on this day, may be of extraordinary mentality, gifted in the arts and staunech in character. They should be popular and successful. (Copyright, 1941) ———.—— Empire Classiniecs ray ' — e - CARD PARTY Second pinochle card party sponsored by Sons of Norway, Sat- urday, March 15, at 8 pm, IOOF Hall. Short meeting at 7:15 ° . GERTIE OLSEN, Secretary. dent Roosevelt will shortly go to London for a first-hand survey. He is Assistant Secretary of Commerce Robert Hinckley, originator of the student pilot training and airport expansion programs, who will study civilian | air. operation under war conditions. . . . Representative R. T. Buckler, earnest Minnesota Farmer- Laborite, has an unusual political record. In every election since 1934 he has led his party’s ticket in his district by a wide margin. (Copyright, 1941, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) | ——————— The ten teams in the National Professional Football league played before 1,300,000 in 1940 British eurs pvera;:nd 300 acclden&sfl!hylnthela.stmo - hEE & 24 from ¢ 20 YEARS AGO At a meeting of the Territorial Board cf Education held in the | office of Gov. Thomas Riggs, Chairman, previous four years Territorial Commissioner of Education, was reap- | pointed to that position for a period of two years. That the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines could be opened at the beginning of the next fall if the Territorial Legislature would appropriate $40,000 for the institution to last until 1923, was claimed by the Board of Trustees for the school in its annual report | submitted to the Governor. The big mowx;shlp Libby Maine, first of the Alaska cannery fleet that |left Seattle for Taku Harbor and Yakutat with supplies and men for the Libby, McNeill and Libby canneries at those places, was expected at Taku Harbor within a day. Gus- Gelles, rbpresentlng the National Grocery Company, left on the Northwestern for Anchorage where he was to remain for several months. | _. Mrs. F. M. Radel, wife of the foreman of the Latouche mine, arrived here from Western Alaska, accompanied by her two children, and was visiting with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Morgan. C. H. Canfield, who had been in Ketchikan on business for the United States Geological Survey, arrived at his headquarters here on the | Northwestern, L. B. Adsit, a broker with headquarters here, arrived from Ketchikan on the Northwestern. Weather: Highest, 18; lowest, 14; clear. Benefic aspects dominate today | e - e Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpox et e - D -l S o) WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I was not conscious that Say, “I was not AWARE that he was present.” Pronounce first syllable he was present.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Constable. KUN, U as in RUN. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Arkansas; SAS, not SAW. unreasonable, meaningless, ab- SYNONYMS: Senseless, nonsensical, surd. WORD STUDY: MONOGAMY; life. Q. When someone makes some remark that you know is not founded on fact, haven't you a right to contradict him? THE EMPIRE Lester D. Henderson, for the “Use a word three times and it is yours.” increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: single marriage; specifically, one marriage only during | MODERN ETIQUETTE * zoperrs L speculate should be resisted at this| ;: — % | Drs. Kaser and ' Freeburger Dr. A. W. 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After the horrors of France? war the seers prophesy that a new ANSWERS: era will offer strange conditions, | 1. Pennyweight. International Affairs: India may, 2. South Carolina. become more insistent than former- | 3. Convex. ly in her demands for indepen-| 4. 1,728 cu. in. dence, and the stars seem to pres-| 4. Louisiana, named after King Louis XIV of France. C. GORDON I JAMES C. COOPER What word has the opposite meaning of concave? How ‘many cubic inches are there in one cubic foot? 2. 5. What state of the Union is named aner a Bourbon King of C.R.A. Business Counselor OCOOPER BUILDING L. C. Smith and Corona TYPEWRITERS Sold and Serviced by J. B. Burford & Co. “hatste Gustonery “Eirst Ladies” in Fund Drive 8Y All—cmlum offett \ in & campaign Service. - There is no substitute for. Newspaper Advertuung BB - F S Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Lehman “First ladies” of the U. S. and of New York state, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, left, wife of the president, and Mrs. Herbert H. 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