The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 14, 1941, Page 4

Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska. HELEN TROY BENDER R. L. BERNARD Tntered in the Post Office in Juneau ns seeond Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douslas for $1.25 per By mall, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, 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 the Business Office of any faflure or irregularity in the de- wery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. President vm Preudent and Business Manager MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associgted 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. National Newspaper Representa- Portland, GEORGE D. CLOSE, Inc,, Mves, with offices In San Francisco, Los Angeles, Beatile, Chicago, New York and Boston. that time. Nome had six men in the lcglslature. or one for every 260 residents of that town, while the City of Ketchikan sent one member to the begisla-' ture. He represented 4,695 persons. A hearing on the Dimond bill is to be held June| 24 by the House Committee on Territories. Mean- while, here is a sample of what is being said about' it pro and con: | Fairbanks News-Miner—"It is ill-advised to make | any change now, fixing an apportionment on the basis of a decennial census already out of date, and providing no means of relief from the situation for another 10 years." Ketchikan Chronicle—“It is a long-needed sl,ep in the right direction. Under the new plan, there could be no repetition of this year's ridiculous situa- tion in whiéh the Ketchikan-Wrangell-Petersburg area with 16 percent of the population had only four percent of the representation in the Legislature.” Northwestern Alaska Chamber of Commerce, SEATTLE REPRESENTATIVE — Frank J. Dunning, 1011 American Bank Buildin Nome—"This bill would give the narrow strip of Alaska known as the ‘Panhandle’, and geographically segregated from the great body of the Territory, an unfair membership and voice in the Legislature.” Delegate Dimond—“The fairness and the justice of proportional representation, according to popula- tion, in the Legislature, are so obvious and so con- vincing that a large majority of the people of Alaska, when they have the plain facts as to the bill, will wonder how anyone can possibly oppose it on any but selfish grounds.” Juneau Chamber of Commerce—“The present system has always worked well and in the best in- terest of the people of the Territory.” Fairbanks Mine Workers Union Local No. 444 and Allied Trades Local Industrial Union Local No. PROPORTION AL REPRESENTATION The Fairbanks, Nome, Anchorage and Juneau Chambers of Commerce are against it. The Ketchi- kan Chamber is for it. So is the Ketchikan Chroni- cle. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner thinks the plan is all wet. The Wrangell Sentinel says it should have been put into effect long ago. Such is the division of opinion on Delegate Dimond’s pending bill, H. R. 4379, to amend the Organic Act so as to give Alaskans representation in their Legislature on the basis of population in- stead of on the present system of two Senators and four Representatives for each Division, irrespective of the number of people living in the Division. In brief, the bill would reallocate membership in the Legislature so that each Senator and each Representative would represent approximately 4,000 Alaskans. Without reducing the number, of Legis- lators now elected from each Division, the bill would increase the membership of the House from 16 to 18 and the membership of the Senate from eight to 18. Reapportionment would take place after each na- tional census so as to keep the representation as nearly equitable as possible, On the basis of the 1939 census, the FPirst Division would have six in each house; the second, three in each house; the Third, five in each house, and the Fourth, four in each house. There are unavoidable faults inherent in such a system, as resolutions of the opposing Chambers of Commerce have pointed out. In a situation such as that of the present, when population throughout Alaska is in a state of flux, the proportional scheme would be bound to get slightly out of whack-between each census. But it would be difficult to imagine a situation in which the population center could shift so drastically in ten years as to give us representa- tion on a basis so far from_ proportional as that pre- vailing at present. The Second Division, which the 1939 census showed to have 11,877 inhabitants and which certainly hasn't any more now, has six votes in the Legislature, exactly the same number as the | First Division, which in 1939 had a population of 25,241 and which e\'er)ono admits has increased since | Dimond)—“Would it be asking too much of you to 1032—"Present provisions are undemocratic and un-| just and are controlled and used by the special in-| terests against progress and the welfare of the peoplel of Alaska.” Northwestern Alaska Chamber of Commerce, Nome—"This bill would upset the established system in the Territory.” Delegate Dimond—*“I know how prone men are to keep and exercise any power which they possess. They are often quite reluctant to part with it and in many cases become volubly indignant when it is suggested that any measure of power or authority be taken from them.” Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce (to Delegate tell us whether this proposed legislation originated in Alaska or in Washington and whose ax needs| grinding. The hum of the grindstone has a very familiar ring.” Delegate Dimond (in reply)—“The bill is my bill. \ I not only accept but assert full responsibility for it. Of course, the original idea is not mine. That goes| back to the founders of our government.” Fairbanks News-Miner—“Now that another ag- gravated question touching on the Organic Act has come up, why not again give the people ample time | to study a matter so vital to them, and before dis- posing of a matter so fundamentally vital to the Territory . . . Tampering with the Organic Act, the| constitution of the Territory, is no small matter,| |and any change in the act should be made only by careful and seasoned process, and not by any steam | roller process.” | Wrangell Sentinel—‘Only opposition to the bill comes from the Big Four—Juneau, Fairbanks, Nome and Anchorage—big towns of the respective four | judicial “divisions. i Smaller towns. are rallying to | suppert the bill which will give them representation | from their respective districts. Their combined strength is far greater than the big towns. United | they can make the big brothers pull in their horns. | Political bigwigs like to refer to the outlying pre-| | cincts as “canoe districts.” There is a growing in- dication the canoes are paddling in wholeheartedly to the support of the Dimond reapportionment bill.” There you have a fair sample of the argument. You'll be hearing more before it's settled. now to the red an the iris, Wa:hmglon Merry- Bo-Round from the snow. They are yielding many names, ranging from Wilbur There was a drought this mont but it did more good than harm. This is the highest fee except one, d pink tulips and | Helm, who is willing to speak for (only $25, to Major General Paul B. th | Malone, who will speak for $200. whose fee and whose name leads all |and close study of the Scriptures, {June brings to the United tes promise of increased pr of food staples. Abundant ¢ are | losses through weather va (OCondnued from Page Ous) the $3,500,000,000 Navy Appropriation | Bill a provision that would make it | impossible to name an Assistant Secretary for Air. | “POLITICAL APPOINTEE” The prohibitive clause is a.very slick piece of axing. On its face it has no connection with the proposed civilian appointee, It merely bars| the expenditure of Navy funds “for any additional positions . at a rate of compensation in excess of $5.000 a year.” The pay for an As- sistant Navy Secretary is $8,000 a year. One of the leaders of this under- cover lobby was Rear Admiral John H. Towers, chief of the Bureau of| Aeronautics, who would be subordi- nated if a civilian is appointed. Towe:s, who knows his way around | on Capitol Hill, buttonholed mem- bers of the House Appropriations Committee with this argument: “The job probably will be filled with a political appointee. Thall gerous in this extreme- | 1y critical period. Besides, we're run- ning our air force quite satisfactor- ily and we don’t need any more ex-| Towrs got his way in the House, but in the Senate he was thrown for| a loss. Administration leaders curt-| ly eliminated the obstructive provis- fon and followed this up by private- | waited until all the leaves had fallen |from the beeches, It made the ground firm and pro-| tected it against the invasion of the | egg-rolling hordes on Easter Mon- day. The grass suffered less because the soil was not soft. They call it blue grass, but there’s | nothing blue about it now. Its color | is a lustrous green, and all the| {spots that were bare last fall are richly covered again, even under the beech trees. Gardener William Reeves looks at the grass with pride. Last fall he then he raked them away, broke up the earth, and planted new grass seed. It has come up in abundance. The front grounds are open to the public, and in contrast to certain famous residences in Berlin and Rome, anyone can walk through, right in front of the White Hous as if it were a public park. Thou- sands of government workers use! the grounds as a short-cut, going! to work. Gardener Reeves doesn't worry.| “Let 'em enjoy it,” he says. ) ! AMERICA FIRST SHADOWED? | The America First Committee has| become increasingly fearful of being spied upon or having its wires tap- ped. So fearful that R. L. Bliss, one of the Committee’s chief officials. recently sent an inter-office memo to all members of the staff which! read as follows: “I suggest that you conduct all| your meeting in your office as quiet- ly notifying House leaders that it was going to stay out, NOTE:—The * Towers was understood by House, members to have in mind is ex-brain | visitors in the outer office from | truster Tom Corcoran, whom Navy| Under Secretary James Forrestal has! been strongly urging for the avia- tion post. SPRING AT THE WHITE HOUSE News most distressing in years, White House gardens. In the south gardens that look toward the Monu- ment, and in the north gardens that border the Avenue, everything is early and flourishing. The jonquils came in a burst of yellow, and they suffered no blight |discuss confidential “political appointee” ,Len in the hall, or in going to and | from Europe may be the| but not' the news of spring’s arrival at tht" |mittee has sent its branch office a ly as possible, and that you do not business mat- from the teletype. This will prevem. overhearing remarks. Let us keep our material and ideas to ourseves. R. L. B. “Postscript: I notice that there is also a lot of loose talk in De Met's cver the tables where 90 per cent of | us eat. Watch your discussions with- in hearing of strangers. “PS: We will appreciate it if you| iwil] plan your lunch hours so there is always someone in your office during the day.” | NOTE:—The America First Com-| list of speakers available' to promote the cause, The list includes a great per lecture. |acters among the droves of spring- |he could reach him. | division, is able to keep two secre- the rest. General Hugh Johnson is willing to promote the cause of! America First for the sum of $750 HEAVENLY VISITOR The other day Captain Robert, Pearce of the Capitol police spotted a bearded, saintly looking man perched on a-high ledge, just off the | stone steps leading to the second floor of the Senate wing. He was waving his arms energetically. “Hey, what are you doing there?” shouted Pearce. “I'm getting ready to fly,” was the reply. Pearce, used to handling odd char- time visitors, stalled for time until “Where's your home” he inquired. “Heaven. I'm about to fly back there.” Instead he went to the psycho- pathic ward of a hospital. MERRY-GO-ROUND Tall, fast-moving Representative Lyndon Johnson is going to let no grass grow under his: feet in his |campaign for the seat of the late | Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas. The young New Dealer, who has the public blessing of the President, plans 208 speeches, an average of three a day . . , George Brooks, exec- utive assistant in the OPM labor taries busy taking dictation and’ at the same time carry.on a telephone conversation. (Copyright, 1941, by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.) —— .. The FBI has pending for inves- | tigation 100,006 investigative mat- ters involving complaints of viola- tions of Federal laws. Of this num- ber, 78,509 deal with National De- fense laws, In the summer of 1939 the President of the United States placed upon the Federal Bureau of Investigation the responsibility of investigating and coordinating the investigations of National Defense matters. A year ago, a total of 21,- 461 investigative =~ matters were pending. ha ———————— BUY DEFENSE STAMPS | son Tmon | vue T wep Trwum | rmi T sar | 2|3 5|6 91]10|11}12|18 16|17(18|19(20| 2324 26/27 [HAPPY BIRTHDAY | William Byington Brice Mielke Doris June Graves Florence Adams JUNE 15 Mrs. B. M. Krafft Charles Chase Ann Campbell Alma H. Sully Louise L. Morrison | Jackson Rice Frank F. Heller J. C. Stromberg H. J. Yurman HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” SUNDAY, JUNE 15 There is a strong benefic aspect today, but adverse planetary in-| fluences are active. It is a date auspicious for religious observances and philanthropic efforts. Heart and Home: Women are well| directed under this configuration which presages for them intense interest in religious organizations especially the Old Testament prophecies. Under this ;planetary| government there will be a Q‘end toward strange cults and ult- | investigations, Astrologers set. fo that simple faith in the x’!glon‘ of the stars which is in the gl‘mmd-‘ work of long-accepted creeds will protect seekers of truth. This is a day when there should be special attention given to prayer amnd to high aspiration, for there: omens of supreme potentialities. Business Affairs: Great ‘needs! must be supplied this week if Brit- ain is to benefit. Trade and com-| | merce will have to meet sevegede-| mands. The stars seem to presage| exigencles that test American powers ,but the nation is to onstrate its splendid possibj ties Prosperity will be widespread, as | forecast, although there ~will bej National Issues: Financing of Lhe‘ defense program is to be widely! discussed, for the cost of the rec- ord-breaking program is c.rise above even the amazing est! matfls, made when Congress appropriated billions. Charges of Government extravagance will be made inad- visably. Events are to prove that while haste makes waste it was! necessary for the Federal Govera- ment to get results at any cost. When Uncle Sam, fully armed gives, commands or issues warnings Europe and Asia will recognize him as the most formidable of all foes. International Affairs: Continued conflict is indicated in Europe, but in. Asia, China will benefit through! a change in the aggressive policies of Japan. Disagreements among the three dictators in Europe will be carefully concealed, but the seers! prophesy that all of them will find this a year of fateful eventswhich presage the final defeat of Hitler, and Mussolini. Stalin will offer, many a puzzle for diplomats' while the stars appear to aid him in in- ternational relations. Internal um- rest in Russia is forecast and a drastic change in the Sowviet form of Government is prognosticated. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of finan- cial gains which may tempt them! to be extravagant and even osten- tatious, They should be wary of flirtations. Children born on this day will be sensitive to beauty, extremely talented and exceedingly generous. Success awaits many. MONDAY, JUNE 16 Adverse aspects dominate today which brings evil portents of Army and Navy clashes. The morning may be depressing to sensitive per- sons, for Mars is in evil sway., Heart and Home: Under this configuration aged members of the family are fortunate and their counsel should be sought, for they may understand current events through their knowledge of the philosophy of history. While this configuration prevails there may be a sense of frustration which should be overcome by positive methods of distracting attention from world agonies. Wise women will pursue accustomed paths of activity, em= phasizing the comforts of home and bringing into the family girele those who need good cheer. Business Affairs: Warning .is given that there will be berrizla waste in the use of the vast amounts of money voted for na- tional defense. The stars presage scandals due to graft and even THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, SATURDAY, JUNE 14, 1941 20 YEARS AGO 7 JUNE 14, 1921 Scott C. Bone, whose appointment as Governor of Alaska was con- firmed by the Senate the previous day, was to arrive in Juneau on or about July 6, according to announcement made by Gov. Thomas Riggs. A crew of men under the direct] the completion of the school tennis court which was expected to be ready | for use soon. Arrangements were announced for the Moose picnic to be held the following Sunday. Fsank Shaw, accompanied by Lawrence Cashen, returned on his gas- boat from a shark hunting trip to supply skins for a southern manu- facturer of shoes. Difficulty in skinning the sharks caused the project to be abandoned. Tom MacDonald left for Shakan where he will have charge of a crew of men who will do some survey work for the Treadwell Company. Mrs. MacDonald accompanied him. Announcement was made by Gov. of A. Polet, President of the Northwestern Chamber of Commerce at Nome, to represent the Second Division on the Territorial Commission which will collect exhibits for the International Mining Exposition to be held in Chicago. Weather: High, 74; e - - - 0 D S S S Daily Lessons in Engli e D - - el 5o WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I do not know if she heard Say, “ do not know WHETHER she heard us.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Research. Preferred accent is on the us.” second syllable, and not the first. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Underrate; observe the two R's. SYNONYMS: Form, figure, shape, WORD STUDY: increase our vocabulary by mastering STRINGENT; execution’—U. S. Grant. MODERN ETIQUETTE Q. How many bridesmaids, ushers, and other attendants are required for a wedding? A. This depends entirely upon the size and type of wedding. are' party cof attendants, while the number of attendants at a home wedding is considerably less. Q. When a girl is applying for her very best outfit? A. She should wear clothes of ci Q. Is it proper for a girl to thani A. No; e o e i L LOOK and LEA e e - P - J. S., at his formal inauguration What is the principal food of ANSWERS: Among physicians. 1 2 3. 4. i the U. 5. 1 2. their magnitudes, motions, etc. An a: which treats of the influences of the stars upon human affairs, ,and of foretelling events by tht positions and aspects of the stars. 3. From Gatling gun, used before the modern machine gun. 4. The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. 5. Rice. low, 46; cloudy. “Use a word three times and it is yours. strict in requirements; secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent it is the man who has received the favor and therefore he i who must do the thanking. In what profession is the divorce rate the highest? What is the difference between an astronomer and an astrologer? From what is the slang word “gat,” meaning gun, derived? What official administers the oath of office to the President of An astronomer is one versed in the science of celestial bodies, from THE EMPIRE ion of A. M Clare began work on Thomas Riggs of the appointment b lish W 1. GorpoON conformation. Let us one word each day. Today's word: rigid. “I know no method to by ROBERTA LEE onservative cut and color. k a man for a dance? RN A, C..GORDON | at Washington? l one-third of the world? strologer is one versed in the science 4 employment a problem of the past, the United States will enjoy a memovadie period of prosperity. National Issues: As this month closes the American people will awaken to their real peril in the| second World War. With their ac- customed inclination to remain blind to future dangers they will be reluctant to face facts and again they will perform miracles in the vast work of rearmament. Al- though the stars indicate that many persons will continue to enjoy self- deception there are evil portents that all should heed. International Affairs: Treachery is presaged in the horoscope of to- day which seems to forecast at- tempts to mislead through peace propaganda. Heads of the United| States Government departments will have clearer vision than now was prevalent a few months ago.| Mars is in a place that stirs the patriotic spirit and each day de- cisive steps will be taken toward invincible defense as well as inex- haustible aid for Britain. Astrolo- gers warn that there are signs| which forecast actual participation in world conflict. 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