The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 26, 1941, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empi Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Becond and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks. 4ELEN TROY BENDER R L BERNARD {ored In the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RAT! carrier in Juneau and Douslas for $1.25 per month. By mail. postage paid. at the following rates: One vear. in advance, $12.00; six months, in advance, $6.00, | one month, in advance, $1.25. Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify le Business Office of any faflure or irregularity in the de- \very of their papers. Telephones News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS President Vice-President and Business Manager K Delivered \ssocigted Press s exclusively entitled to the use for | of all news dispatches credited to it or ot other- « oredited in this paper and also the local news published herein \LASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. GEORGE D. CLOSE, Inc., Natlonal Newspaper Representa- Mves, with offices in_San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Beattle, Chicago, New York and Boston. SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE — Frank J. Dunning, 1011 American Bank Building NEEDLESS, SENSELESS STRIKE If there is any excuse strong enough to justify the continued strike of 1,200 AFL machinists and 700 CIO workers which has closed 11 Pacific Coast shipbullding plants, it is certainly not apparent in the basic facts made public. The old agreement under which the machinists worked, which expired on April 1, was for $1 an hour for a 40-hour week and double time for overtime. A coastwise master agreement, signed by the American Federation of Labor and the shipbuilders, with the mediation of the Department of Labor and representatives of the OPM, was reached on April 23. It provided for $1.12 an hour for a 40-hour week, time and a half for overtime on weekdays and double time for Sun- days and holidays. When defense production is so vital to the country’s welfare, these conditions would hardly seem too intolerable to work under, while waiting to have any grievances peacefully negotiated. But the machinists; claiming that they were not properly represented in the master agreement and that other machinists are getting better wages any- how, have struck for $1.15 an hour for a 40-hour week with double time for overtime. The strike has been repudiated by William Green, national president of the AFL, and by John P. Frey, president of the federation's metal trades division. But its existence serves to emphasize once more a major problem with which we have failed to deal courageously or realistically. The strike directly involves only 1,900 men, but these men by their mass picketing have prevented some 15,000 to 18,000 men from working. The work of the machinists is of a key nature in a key de- fense industry. It affects the work not only of all the other workers in the shipbuilding plants, but of a wide circle of workers among scores of subcontrac- tors. And as shipping is the bottleneck of our whole aid-to-Britain program, a long continued tieup would | affect our whole defense effort. JAPAN’S DILEMMA has overrun a vast territory at enormous expenditure of her own resources and sacrifice of world good- will, and the territory is.cconomically unremunerative to her. As long as the elusive Chinese Government, | ever retreating inland, refuses to sue for peace on her terms, Japan has to maintain large armies on the terrain she holds, a situation which threatens | her own internal economy. Moreover, she now thinks| | she sees richer booty eisewhere and would like to | have her forces free to go after it. | For her inability to liquidate the “Chinese in- | cident” and turn in a drection where the spoils are! | more promising, Japan blames the United States. Of what use is it to have made a deal with Soviet Rus- sia if we remain faithful to our principle of aiding | the victim against the aggressor | herself in the dilemma of a boy stealing candy who, | having put his hands ‘into a jar and grabbed a fistful, catches sight of another jar containing even more luscious sweets, but cannot extricate his hand from the jar he has gone to so much pains to loot with- out opening his fist and letting go of the plunder he | already holds. Thought on Dandelions (Philadelphia Record) ‘The garden is golden with dandelions. One's immediate impulse is to grab for the weeder. Dan- delions. Rock bottom in flora. Skimming through our poetry shelf we find loads of odes to flowers. To the rose, the daffodil, the peony, primrose and hyacinth. To marigolds, holly- hocks, poppies and orchids. To lilies, pansies and| even to the humbler buttercups and daisies. But none to the dandelion. Forgotten flower. Yet gazing over the newly-green earth, the dan- delions have beauty at a distance. Curiously, they have beauty close up, too. Picking them apart, one finds the same magic of construction as in the rar- est of blooms Then one wonders. If it were as difficult and costly to-grow dandelions as it is to grow orchids and acacias, would the dandelion be prized, and exhibited, too? inspiration for a gardener’s oath. Our sentimental mood passes. ours up, too. We're digging Prophecy Doesn’t Help (Cincinnati Enquirer) Too often American public discussion of foreign| policy has centered on a futile attempt to read the future. Those who favored economic aid to England | a year ago with the belief it would cost us nothing were quite wrong. They made the mistake of antici- pating a relatively easy British victory. American aid, they supposed, was merely a matter of running our factories a bit longer and making more profits. | That was a mirage. It came from the attempt to Japan now finds “‘—‘"‘——"—"‘ | planetary government which is not |for the pushing of all lmporum.; | As it is, they are weeds, fit only for wine or 80| There is a sign of promise that prophesy. The defeatists are making an equally false as-| sumption. Their case, which is a pitiful one at best, rests on their flat conviction that Germany is going to win, no matter what the United States' may do. No man could possibly be wise enough to foresee the ! final outcome of this struggle. And the loudest of the defeatists are among the men least qualified even to make a guess. Instead of trying to foresee the end, we must| face the reality of the present, and then try to see { how much we, can do to shape the end to our own| advantage. That is a proper course for the greatest nation in the world. Weak countries must straddle the fence and jump when the end is in sight. The govemments of South America are in such a position. They can-! not affect the outcome of the’ war, and they must be prepared to deal with the victor on his terms. So | they are cautious. any nation, once it chooses to exert every bit of energy. We can do much to determine the outcome.! or two percent of Nazi apologists—as to the out- come we want. What we must do, therefore, is to After four years of bitter warfare, Japan finds| plan our contribution to Britain’s war effort, not in that she has not conquered China, and that her|terms of any fanciful reading of the future, but in, chances of doing so are no better than, perhaps not so good as, they seemed to be at the beginning. She terms of our determination to shape the future. It| is in our power. THL DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE MONDAY MAY 26 HAPPY BIRTHDA MAY 26 | Walter C. Peterson Tom W. Haines ‘ Pasco Lucy Henry E. Baman ‘ Mrs. John Runquist Jerry Green Mary Rudolph Sylvia Berg Mrs. F. T. Clarkson HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” ' | [ SR E RS SIS Y TUESDAY, MAY 27 ' of Women are fortunate under this important in its effect upon mfln There is promise of progress :mdI . mothers and wives to provide for} special comforts for the men who| are in training camps. The/ YWC.A. and the Salvation Army should be especially efficient un-| der this direction of the stars which seems to promise the pré- sentation of high ideals for Unit- ed States soldiers. Heart and Home: This is a day work in the home as well as in public service which will more and more engage women of all ases.} girls will be lucky in love affairs| today. It is a happy date for em- gagements or marriages. Hasty wooings and unexpected weddings| will be exceedingly prevalem‘ through the summer. Youth will ignore all the usual economical ab-. stacles in the way of early mars, riages. Business Affairs: American :efli-| ciency in manufacturing and mer- chandising will be demonstrated in, | the next three months when mir-| acles will be performed in aiding the war program. Inventors aré contribute this month many.’dul ous novelties that add to the.de | structiveness of mechanized &m-‘ flict. The most peace-loving ot na- tions is to become the most terri- ,ble of enemies as it is goaded out of neutrality. National Issues: Taxes will be discussed as the future cost of @i 4( maments confronts the nation. The cost of living will rise aj Aol | bly through the summer and again the seers advise foresight in expen- oo e o e Our people are nearly unanimous—save for one Wathinglon : Merry- Go-Round (Oondnued from Page Oue) ment’s career clique that General PFranco had consulted with Mus- solini before he began his revolu- tion. Joseph C. Green, head of the State Department’s Munitions Con- trol Board, went ahead and urged U. 8. munitions dealers not to sell arms to the established gov-| ernment of Spain to protect itself against the revolutionary agents of | Hitler and Mussolini. Also, the State Department career | the moment the law was passed by Congress. The Coast Guard even ordered the Mar Cantabrico to heave to at the last minute to serve a writ on behalf of two dis- gruntled American fliers who claimed they had not been pnld; | by the Spanish Governrment. i All these handicaps were thrown \m the path of a government which | | was trying to combat Hitler, and | | whose defeat has today put Hitler | |in a strategic position for a hop m‘ | South America. U.S.A. WAKES UP | Some time later, American pub-| lic opinion and various branches‘ of the U. 8. Government began to | realize their mistake. But not the| career boys. Not even in 1938—two boys did their best to keep the Spanish Ambassador from seeing the President of the United States; | so that he was only able to get to the White House through such 8 roundabout channel as the then Secretary of Agriculture, Henry Wallace. When he did see the Pres- ident, Ambassador de los Rios warned him—even as early as 1936 ~—that if the seeds of Fascism were planted in Spain, the mother coun- try, they were sure to sprout in Latin America, a warning which the career boys regretfully remem- ber five years later. MUNITIONS MANEUVERS 4 When the Spanish revolution first. broke, no law prevented the shipping of munitions to the Span- ish Government. But Secretary Hull's good friend from Tennessee, Representative McReynolds, imme diately introduced a bill, and all the forces of the United States Government were brought into ac- tion to prevent a shipload of mu- nitions from sailing on the Span- ish steamship Mar Cantabrico un- til Mr. McReynolds could get his bill through Congress. Customs officials pried open packages on the ship at the last minute to delay her. Army offi- cers held up the ship’s departure until 32 cast-off field kitchenshad the words “U. 8. Army” painted out. Then as the vessel sailed out of New York g Guard cutter Iéarus steamed alongside ready to stop the ship i the Coast, years later—had they learned the!r. \l&sun (This did not apply to Un-| der Secretary of State Sumner Welles, who has been opposed to the Spanish Fascists.) By that time, however, President Roosevelt had. And he indicated to friends of the Spanish Government that even though the now-amended neutrality act prohibited the ship- n of arms to help the Spanish G nment, nevertheless arms could shipped to France or any cther sovereign state, and that sovereign state had a right to send arms wherever she wished, with no questions asked by the United States. So the Spanish Government, act- ing on this information, sent its representative to Paris. But curi- ous Ambassador Bullitt sent a rou- tine cable asking the State De- partment if such a transaction was 1l right. And the career boys, ap- parently double-crossing the White House, cabled peremptory demands that any munitions shipments to France be stopped. Later, Greece ordered and paid for 22 Bellanca training ships in- tended for transshipment to Spain. | But again Mr. Joseph C. Green sent a peremptory cabl the shipment. i g Finally, Turkey ordered 50 Grum- | man pursuit planes from Canada. This time the United States was not dirgetly - involved; + If Turkey wanted' td transfer these planes to Spain, ‘presumably it was the busi~ ness of Canada, not the United States. However, the sleuthing Mr. | old strike, is a member of the Com- Green found that some of the parts used ‘in these Grumman planes were sent from the United States to Canada, so once again he played directly into the hands of Hitler by stopping the shipment. CAREERISTS DON'T LEARN Shortly after that the Loyalist Government capsized and Hitler's puppet, Franco, came into power. Even by that time, the career appeasers in the State Department had not learned their lesson. Three years passed. It became more and | more evident that Franco was merely a stooge for Hitler. Fran- co’s brother-in-law, Foreign Min- | ister Suner, went to Berlin where he advocated open alliance with the Axis. But even then, as late as Octo- ber 1940, the career boys proposed a credit of $100,000,000 by the Ex- port-Import Bank to Hitler's ally, Fascist Spain. And although pub- licity upset any direct loan, it re- mains a fact that the United States did lend the identical amount of $100,000,000 to Argen- tina, which in turn shipped the wheat to Spain which the career boys originally planned that the United States should send to Gen- eral Franco. These are the gentlemen who are still running the State Department today. POTASH STRIKE A charge of Communist motives behind the strike against the Am- erican Potash and Chemical Cor- poration at Trona, Cal, was made today by Robert Stripling, secre- tary of the Dies Committee, who declared the committee has “in- controvertible proof” that William Gatley, leader of the three-month- | munist Party. Despite energetic - appeals from Sidney Hillman and .the Office of Production Management, the strik- ers at American Potash and Chem- ical refused to load a small ship- ment of borax and boric acid badly ditures, especially for leather goods| {with South American countries W‘JJ; | encourage unity of the democmclts‘ and expansion of commerce this side of the globe. International Affairs: Sv:ranxa | definitely affect the foreign poliey| of the United States. Strife over the part to be played by our ships! is to be stubborn in Congress, but British arms. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of| fairly favorable conditions with ad« equate income, but it is wise to be on guard against enemies. Children born on this day will| reveal talents of unusual promise. They should be popular and pros- perous, but they will awaken the Jjealousy of less gifted persons. (Copyright, 1941) Navy. The Corning plant, accord- ing to OPM officials, is about w. close down unless it can get its shipment. Sidney Hillman telegraphed ‘& personal appeal to the striking' workmen, supporting the Natiohal Defense Mediation Board's request' that ten tons of boric acid ' be| shipped to the Corning works. ii‘ S. Emlaw, president of the Company of Trona, Cal, replied that there was ample material on hand but it could not be loadéd without permission of the urmoh. The union replied to the Nation- al Defense Commission “that 'un- der no circumstances will the unh“ ion release any cargo unless ‘the union is fully satisfied that a’é&dd- clusive showing has been made' of the need of defense pu Should such conclusive showing”é made, the union will take under advisement the feasibility of mo¥- ing such items, and will not any representations without having verified the evidence tendered, Te- gardless of its source.” According to the Dies Committes, its investigators have a photostatic !copy of the “membership bopk” in the Communist Party beloriging to! William Gatley, the strike leader.' They also have a copy of his Com# munist “record card,” telling wl |he is employed, the union’he be: jongs to and other data. OPM officials consider the Am‘ erican Potash and Chemical planf, vital to national defense becat it is the principal producer of li= thium salts, indispensable to th manufacture of submarine storaf batteries. This company also is oné needed by the Corning Glass works and the Owens Fiberglass plant for, defense purposes, - These, plants are making ‘seanch- lights. periseopes and other' optical products essential to the Army ML Subscrive 101 m Emput ..W and clothing. Closer trade relatiors Rl of two producers of borax and bors|: 20 YEARS AGO 41'4;{mE EMPIRE MAY 26 ,1921 George S. Hubbard, radio expert who returned from an in:pection trip to Sitka, was to leave for Seward and Cordova where he was to work on stations. He was to be accompanied by his partner, J O'Keefe Dr. Martin Damourette, wife and daughter, Admiral Watson. Dr. Damourette was interested arrived home on the in mining in this © jvicinity. ’ P. C. Brown, Superintendent of Construction for the Pacific Const Company, arrived on the Admiral Watson to have charge of the repair work that was to be done at the Admiral Line Dock. P. R. Hough, who had been with the Bureau of Fisheries in Juneau the previous year, was on the Admiral Watson. He was a member: of the ‘Woodbury Abbey party that was to survey Mt. McKinley National Park: Capt. J. H. Cann, Lisianski Peninsula mining operator, was in 'the city waiting for machinery to take out to the mine. Capt. Cann stated that sixteen men, under the supervision of Dan J. Williams, were work- ing on the El Nido property doing preliminary work. Col. James G. Steese was to leave for Fort William H. Seward on the | success today from the efforts of |government boat Peterson to look over and arrange for lecon.srru(‘llon of the water supply line for the post. A group of friends called at the Treadwell home of Mrs. James Ramsay to surprise her with a birthday party a day previous. Weather: e e e - e e e e e Daily Lessons in English % 1. corbon et e < - ) < WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I am ravenously hungry.” Say, “I am ravenous. RAVENOUS means exceedingly hungry. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Bouquet. Preferred pronunciation is booka, OO as in MOON, A as in ATE. Secondary pronunciation is BO- KA, O as in NO. Accent is on last syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Currant (a fruit). circulating). SYNONYMS: Sharp, keen, acute, cutting. 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* OPPORTUNE; timely. “His appearance was most opportune.” Highest, 49; lowest, 37; clear. Current (a stream; also, MODERN ETIQUETTE * ropgrra vLeR Q. When two persons are not on speaking terms, and are seated together at the table is it necessary for them to talk to each other? A. Yes. It is rude and ill-bred if they do not. Such action might be overlocked in children, but not in adults. Q. If a bride wishes to wear her engagement ring during the wedding cer(‘mon_\‘. cn which finger should she wear it? A. On the third finger of her RIGHT hand. Q. May a young man invite a young girl to a week-end party at his home? A. The invitation to a young girl who is a friend of the son of the family must always come from the mother, or from his sister. LOOK and LEAR L A C. GORDON What States are also known as (a) The Old Dominion, (b) Em- The United States, on the other ghists in world politics will be ap+ pire State, (c) Buckeye State, (d) Keystone State, and (e) Lone-Star hand, can wield as much real power in the world a5 parent at this time and they will, State? 2. What is the origin of the word “honeymoon? 3. What is a sabbatical year? 4. In poetry, how many lines has a sonnet? bvents will prove. that :sid vie 5.9 For what three common words does the abbrevation “St.” Britain should not be limited by @R’ y |any selfish caution. Desperate need ANSWERS: will require reckless help, but the 1. (a) Virginia, (b) New York (c) Ohio, (d) Pennsylvania, (e) stars presage the final victory. of Texas. 2. 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