The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 22, 1941, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Becond and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska, )Y MONSEN - - - - President Vice-President and Business Manager HELEN R. L. BERNARD - - Entered in the Post Office In Juneau as Second Class Matter. | SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered hy carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.25 per month. By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: One vear. in advance, $12.00; one month vance, $1.25. Bubseribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify ss Office of any failure or irregularity in the de- livery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office. 374 six montbs, in advance, $6.00; | ‘hmtle in all principal Canadmn cities. He ha~! | gravely shaken hands with them and bid them “So |long” as they boarded transports for the trip across the Atlantic to Britain and active duty. “You Salvation Army men think of eve Lmn}:."‘ |Lord Tweedsmuir complimented Col. Ham on an inspection trip around an Eastern Canada camp. ‘ “And that’s exactly what we try to do,” Col {Ham declares. | A study of exactly what sort of thing has tran- spired at these Red Shield Centers from the out-| ‘bl'!‘flk of the war until the first of September of this year is interesting. The reports from the 1941 NOVEMBER 1941 s| mmmmmmm égg z 27 29 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— 20 YEARS AGO NOVEMBER 22, 1921 Thirty-five new members were to be initiated into the Moose Lodge | as a climax to the big drive for membership. — | soldiers’ headqua MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to (he use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- | wise credited in this paper and also the local news published | Beretn sented to the ALASKA CIRCULATION GUARANTEED TO BE LARGER THAN THAT OF ANY OTHER PUBLICATION. have been held. The same — |magazines and | service men, | terial have been NATIONAL American B REPRESENTATIVES — iding, Seattle, Wash. Alaska Newspapers, 1011 | ! uniform, while hi | for living accom |favor at camps, | mission, unnecessary for MORALE SALVATION There's a new building, recently completed, at|way of keeping pace with the new ,,“.Ch“m,‘.d“ the Canadian military post at Nanaimo, B. C., which | warfare. you might take a iook at next time you're passing Sherman is supposed to have said that, “War through the Vancouver Island city It's one of the most recent Red Shield Centers, built by the Salvation Army at a cost of $30,000, and is Hell,” and we can to make it boasting an auditorium which seats 900. In this new building, the Tommies will attend motion picture shows, concerts, lectures, stage plays, vaudeville shows, and, of cou religious services. But in the new center they will also play games, It is not a read books and magazines, find a canteen where | they can buy |ada nominal prices, treated to a host of Because it nearest Juneau, quarters as an example. big centers like it throughout soldiers, ' sailors forces. If you want a first-hand description of the way these Salvation Army men are welcomed by the boys in uniform, just talk with Col. Frank Ham, field secretary for the religious organization, now in Juneau attending the annual Salvation Army Con- cigarettes, candy and other items at be furnished writing materials, and other homelike conveniences. Canadian Red Shield Center this new Nanaimo head- | There are now 109 other Canada, serving the Canada’s fighting from rhetoric to is the we use Out of that ating Committee 2 These groups ha and airmen The will provide the ticles which it is gress here Col. Ham has been on the firing line of Salva- | ammunition will tion Army activity in ada since the war first |capnon. started in September two 3 ago. He has traveled the sentry line at army camps on stormy nights, |t importance riding in a Salvation Army mobile canteen and pass- ing out hot coffee to the boys on duty, stopping to chat with them and portable radio to entertain them for minutes during the night. He has helped the Salvation Army women workers Mackenzie King playing a a few come nec ¥y have to operate press suits for the Canadian boys when they were going on furloughs. He has watched reunions of Whither away the men and their families at Salvation Army mighty cold hostess houses, maintained near army camps. He | Christmas stockings, ecreational events, both indoor and outdoor \h.n(- been staged, while only 2,841 religious services |to write to families and friends. ‘lhousand members of families of service men have ‘used the Salvation Army hos: tions near camps to visit with | These mobile canteens, with their radios |of candy and tobaccos, hot coffee and other |forts are something new which are finding much | they operate right in the camps, | obtain common needs. | anized service for soldiers and the Salvation Army‘s} | conference in August, to produce quickly.” rters show, for instance, that a total of 5328 motion picture performances have been pre- | 859 | rvice men, and a total of 723 games, report books, newspapers shows thousands of made available to ,while 23,733,362 pieces of writing ma- distributed to homesick men anxious About a hundred ess house accommoda- their men folks in undreds of thousands of service men ihuve avalled themselves of the hostels in key cities modations while on leave. stores com- Col, Ham explains. By special per- making it the men to go of bounds” to They are, “out in a way, must agree. But we can also agree |that the Salvation Army in Canada is doing all it | as agreeable a Hell as possible. Rhetoric to Brass Tacks (Cleveland Plain Dealer) day too soon to start coordinating the defense industries of the United States and Can- Cooperative efforts started at the Ogdensburg 1940, brass tacks. have now been reduced The two North Ameri- can nations have appointed a Joint Defense Pro- duction Committee to get down to details. t coriference grew the Permanent Joint Board of Defense, the Joint Materials Coordin- and the Joint Economic Committee. ve dealt with general policies. They have given direction, but it is doubtful how much they have actually accomplished by way of material contributions toward winning the war. new Joint Defense Production Committee other nation with “the defense ar- best able to produce, and above all, This means that American be made to fit Canadian produced This standarization of production is of the high- not only in the current struggle wherein President . Roosevelt and Prime Minister promised speedy aid to Russia, but in the long range realization that in the defense of the North American continent, should that ever be- | Canada and the United States wfll‘ as one nation. Japan? Alaska would be a present to secure for Premier Tojo's but down around Singapore he | has seen them on leave staying at Salvation A.rmyimigm get the hot foot. Washingion a job from John headquarters, which promptly| Merry- assigned him right back to New Go_kound | Jersey an organizer where he | could effibarrass Holderman. The miners liked to think of their chief as sitting in a huge of- lice and riding in a limousine as long as any mine owner’s; but many times during recent years they have sat in the outer office holding their hats, while “Their John” spent his time negotiating (Continued from Page One) ' legislatures passed the labor laws he demanded. In the mythology was a certain core of truth. John L. Lewis got what he wanted by letting no man stand in his way, and he gloried in that reputation. no relation whatsoever to the Mine Furthermore, he was fighting| Workers mine owners who were just as the wage level in an industry | LEWIS'S CIO EMPIRE tough as he, and frequently more ruthless; men who were culling the | cream of the country’s coal with- cut regard to the future; men who' would rather see entire cities cave in than spend mcney on props; men who made the hills of Pennsylv Virginia and desolate with | operate inside the Newspaper Guild, piles of black waste. |a union far removed from the coal It took a tough man to fight for industry. the miners in those days and John| This was how John L. continued L. LPWI.“WHS equal to it. He nmamm great personalized power. He| which desperately needed lifting, maintains it also by playing close and the miners have been Ion\er\w his district coal leaders. They grateful eat out of his hand. And he feeds l them well. Not many miners knew it, but r, John Lewis Was|shortly before the present strike brizk. The depres- was called, Lewis summoned his ed mine after mine. gigtrict presidents and gave them $ miners were out|an unexpected and handsome boost n miners had in salary, from $6,000 to 10000 & eat areas. And hiS|year With the boost, Lewis| Imost flat, |warned that he would expect them of how Roosevelt saved{to collect the increased dues and dopted a liberal 1aborigee that the men stood behind the | program, is 0o well known to need | expected strike in the captive mines. retelling here. And with that new| These district presidents are the surge of power, John L.'s old egolsm men who keep the miners in ilne soared to fuller and greater heights |1oeqlly, and operate Lewis’s personal He was crusading for labor, it was|machine. And with lush pap fed true; b}‘! it was a personalized cru-|from the hand of their master, they sade w wrapped up in the |seldom fail to do his bidding. glorification of one man 1 John L. has other means of keep- The fact that John L. bought out | ing his glorified ego in the driver's This is one thing the miners have not liked. However, they have not known much about it. They have not known in any detail, for ave jnstance, that “Their John” has mine | ysed miners’ funds to organize other green unions. Probably they did not ROOSEVELT SAVED LEWIS In 1933, howes r the very sion ha Almost of work. taken over ) was nd the University Club in Washington |seat. One is elections. When it| and transformed it into a wood- |is announced to the press that the panelled sancum as ornate as any |miners have voted to stand behind big business office along Wall S was relatively unimportant treet It in- John L. Lewis, it does not nec- essarily mean that the great mass of dicated however, his personalized miners have voted. It usually rule over the miners. The United means that a little group of hand- Mine Workers always had been a|picked Lewisites at the top have one man machine, but now John L. carried out orders. reached out and built up the CIO.! Elections in the United States of And the CIO became a one man|America have come to be a sacred machine. ;mandate jealously guarded. Even For instance, when Carl Holder- inside big corporations today there|made under Roosevelt may now near in the United States. Wage- is man, head of the fired a New Jersey CIO suspected Communist, the supervision of elections. state laws require that when a cor- |1atter came to Washington and goL' L. Lewis's CIO strikes in CIO unions which had | /ania and West know that he financed a man to| poration votes on an important issue affecting the public, not merely a majority, but two-thirds of the stock-holders must approve. NO INSPECTION OF BOOKS But the voting in John L. Lewis's| powerful organization is above state or federal regulation. There is no public supervision to see now the | vote is taken. | Likewise there is no outside su- pervision of John L. Lewis's books The books of Sidney Hillman of the Amalgamated Clothing Work- ]ers, or of David Dubinsky's Inter- national Ladies Garment Workers are subject to inspection. Every telegram and stamp for. But- no outsider, except his immediate friends and family, can tell for what strikes John L. spends the United Mine Workers’ money. | Today, the head of every big in- surance company is subject to state and government regulation. So are the banks. They are semi-public |institutions. The funds and fate |of many people are involved. The Unions also are great public in- command an army three times the |normal peace time army of the subjected to the strictest supervi- sion from the War Department. Everything it does, every cent it spends is checked and double- checked not only by trained public |servants, but by both houses of Congress. But John L..Lewis has a private jarmy of his own, subject only to his jcommand and drilled by the little group of district presidents whose Isalaries he so conveniently raised. is subject to re-election every two and six years. The President can be turned out every four years. But John L. Lewis has been in of- ilice around twenty years, and no miners’ group has had the power to oust him. In other words, the CIO Czar, who calls Roosevelt a dictator, him- |self has dictatorial powers which no other one man in this country |can equal. He has the power to ,stall national defense. power to play into the hands of |Hitler. And most tragic of all he| ‘has the power to crucify the pa- |triotism and progress of the work- |ingmen whose champion he is sup- posed to be, As a result, all of the labor gains Many | vanish on the wave of Lewis’s re- earners will improve their living | calcitrance, the | a mech- | is accounted | stitutions. John L. Lewis has at his| United States. The U. S. army is| ‘The Congress of the United States| He has the| HAPPY BIRTHDAY | NOVEMBER 22 i Mrs. J. C. Cooper Suzanne Wade i Roy de Roux Ed Sweum T. D. Thompson Doris Phillips 1 Mrs NOVEMBER 23 | Harry Carroll | Mrs. R. B. Martin Mrs. A. M. Geyer Leslie E. Herin { T. F. Worobec Amos T. Taylor Elsie McFerguson e | HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” | | SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23 | Benefic aspects dominate to(lnv‘ It is a configuration that encourag- | les foresight and clear thinking. It |is fortunate for churches and the | clergy. :' HEART AND HOME: With the exception of aged persons who may be depressed by a world in chaos, members of the family should find this an inspiring day, stimulating to their faith and encouraging to| | their ambitions. There should be mental vision which gives assur- ance that right must triumph. The for the second time by 47 to 17. (r)ig)lt day with a full program planned. Weather: High, 28; low, hole.” Say, sur-kit. WORD STUDY: ; Justifiable; Q should he pay her fare? A. No. cards for a dinner party? clergy will benefit in many ways| {at this time when there will be a| wide sweep of religious interest |This is not a promising day for romance. Girls will extend their circle of men friends, however. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: The week may be less active than usual in| | trade, for the annual Thanksgiving | | holiday will have a disrupting in-, | fluence. General prosperity will be |reflected in shops and theaters| {which will be well-patronized by a | people still oblivious to the future A. Write “Mrs. Brown” surname then write Q e George Anderson, who had been to Ketchikan on business, | to his headquarters here on the Spokane WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I inserted a bolt IN the hole.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Fragment. | RAG, not as in FRAY. | OFTEN MISSPELLED: Circuit increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day defensible If a man meets a woman friend getting into a The proper ‘kind of woman does not happens to meet one who does, he'd better avoid her in the future. Q. How should one write an individual’'s name when writing unless there are two persons with the “Mrs. James Brown Is it proper to write a letter of application on personal stationery? A. No; a letter of this kind should be - from THE EMPIRE S Nadja Kashevaroff, who was teaching school at Eagle River, arrived in Juneau to spend Thanksgiving with her parents. Postmaster Z. M. Bradford warned the public to mail their Christmas ‘p wckages early to avoid congestion of mailing. Douglas High School team defeated the Bayview five in basketball The latter was to play JHS that returned The Government School was to hold Thanksgiving exercises the next 26; clear. et e e e Daily Lessons in English %/ 1. corpox “I inserted a bolt into the Pronounce the A as in | Observe the UI, though pronounced [ SYNONYMS: Hint, intimate, insinuate, imply. “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Today's word: “Falsehood is never warrant- MODERN ETIOUETTE * ROBERTA LEE et ) streetcar or bus, like this, and if he place same written on business stationery. LOOK and LEARN ¥ ¢. cornon S ] 1. What is the most delicate organ of touch? 2. What famcus astronomer first used the Leloacope to observe the heavens? 3. What animal, along with the maple m\r 5. Who was known as the “Poet Larueate of Childhood"? leffects of the World War. Simpli- | " | fied proces in factories and ” C:na:,am h Btate kerd Bl of thibiclivet Chkeet fices will speed accomplishmé 2 ¢ TORS OO of UMiisa e and under pressure tremendous production and increased volume of trade will be attained. NATIONAL ISSUES: Advocates lof a middle road between isolation !and intervention will command at- | tention as cosmic forces drive the United States into full partnership ;wilh the Allies. Equipment of ar- Imies and navies on a gigantic scale will have a salutary effect {upon the Axis powers by convincing |them of the power of the United States. Unity of the people on the gradually | preparedness policy will overcome isolationists. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS " Since the first of 1940 astrologess have read for Japan steadily |diminishing hope of attaining the “new order.” In the map of the New Moon for the year Venus ris~ ing at Tokyo is read as presaging mistakes in diplomacy as well as war policies. Caught in a net of |intrigue in which Hitler was the spider and Japan the fly, the ef- fort to save face becomes always an absolute necessity. The winter is to bring terrible hardships to the people who are weakened by the war with China and nature :may add to sufferings through a severe earthquake. China comes under better aspects and will con- tinue to receive substantial help. Persons whose birthdate it 1is have the augury of a year of good fortune. Superiors in business or in the Army, Navy and air forces will favor them. Children born on this day prob- ably will be ambitious, serious, en- terprising . and prosperous. Many may be exceedingly artistic and intuitive. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24 Good aspects balance with ad- verse in the horoscbpe for today. The morning is most promising for constructive work and fortu- nate for the Army. There is an evil omen presaging bad news re- gdfding the Navy. HEART AND HOME: As enter- tainment for relatives and friends absorbs attention in the household and the holiday milestone reminds families of losses within the year, the importance of making a will should be felt by parents. There is a sign read as foreshadowing much delay in the settling of es- tates and confusion in the matter of taxes. War brings death as a close neighbor to the young and conditions and will be generous ANSWERS: The tip of the tongue. Galileo (1564-1642). Beaver. Michigan. 5. Eugene Field (1850-95), e author of “Littlé Boy Blue,” “Wynken, Blynken, and Nod,” and many other children’s poems. buyers. Trade and commerce this week should be active, but some extraordinary economic offensive | by Hitler will be met. In the war| the battle to gain needed oil and: metals necessary for conflict will overshadow struggles. NATIONAL ISSUES: Recreation problems will become pressing at | training camps fqr men in uni- | form. The seers stress the impor- tance of avoiding well-meant lec-| tures and other cultural projects when music and light amusements make strong appeal to young folk. The stars presage deep interest in serious subjects, but there must be voluntary choice regarding re- ligious or philosophical enlighten- ment. The quest of occult know- ledge will be keen by many, for the stars forecast incidents that reveal the nearness of the next plane of consciousness. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS According to the Geopolitical In- stitute, Germany’s original war all other plan aimed at the encirclement ot[ the Atlantic Ocean by progressive conquests. Hitler's horoscope syn- chronizes with that plan. the beginning of the new cycle next May the Institute will have ceased to exist and better indications are forecast. In the new cycle there many amazing | mechanized | | | | | | | | \ With | will be great stress and there may be attempts to misuse the hidden forces of the mind which will be better understood than in the past. Persons whose birthdate it is have the augury of a year of much good fortune, if caution guards against sharp practices which will be more common than in previous months. Children born on this day prob- ably will be successful and popu- lar. Ambitious and determined, they may seék adventure. They will be stable in their affections. (Copyright, 1941) SUNRISE TIMES ~ FOR DUCK HUNTERS it also has its effect in abridging| Sun., Nov. 28 ._......_..9.03 am. | the lives of older persons. The stars Mon., Nov. 24 . which presage immense social| Tues., Nov. 25 |changes carry warnings to safe- Wed., Nov. 26 guard every member of a family. Thurs., Nov. 27 BUSINESS AFFAIRS: As 1941 pPri, Nov. 28 draws toward its closing month| gat, Nov. 29 .. prosperity will be enjoyed far and ————o————— Subscribe to the Daily Alaska | | | ! P | NEWCOMER_Burnet R. Maybank (above) is the new senator from South Carolina, completing unexpired term of former. Sen. James F. Byrnes, | now supreme court justice. Lehman Son Joins Peter G. Lehman Eldest son of Gov. Herbert F. Lehman of New York, Peter G. Lehman, 24, has enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force as a pilot. Lehman said he had at- tempted to volunteer as a cadet In either the U. 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