The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 24, 1945, Page 4

PAGE FOUR ¢ WEDNESDAY ANUARY 24, 1945 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA partment of Labor as the authority for taking assignments and suing in the courts for wages due to workers. In the past this Department has had no legal author! to press such claims. The Commissioner | could axk that employers settle claims, but no more. | Consequently, a worker’s only recourse is to take the !mso to court at his own expense. Daily Alaska Emplre Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks. HELEN TROY MONSEN - - DOROTHY TROY LINGO - - WILLIAM R. CARTER = = - ELMER A. FRIEND - - - - ALFRED ZENGER - - - - President Vice-Presideant Editor and Manager Managing Editor Business Manager | Entered In the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. | SUBSCRIPTION RATES: | Delivered by carrier in Junea: d Douglas for §1.50 per month; six months, $8.00; one vear, $15.00. By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; one month, in advance, $1.50. Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any fallure or irregularity in the de- livery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Bustness Office, 3. 3. Blanket Primary—another measure introduced by Shattuck and one of the proposals backed by the Alaska Native Brotherhood. This bill would provide ‘!or more direct control of elections by the voters or ‘the popular vote. It would simply mean that in the primary election the names of candidates of bothl |parties appear on the same ballot, and the number| MEMDER OF 4 Asmcurm aiis |nominated for the general election would be de- | The Assoclated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for (termined by the popular vote or the number of votes, alone, and not party affiliation. Similar measures republication of all news dispatches credited to 1t or not other- | wise credited in this paper and also the local news published | 3 g introduced in the past have failed. The bill might |have a chance this year. herein. | | NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 Fourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash. 4. Teachers' Retirement Bill—introduced by Pet- erson, would give Alaskan teachers a chance to provide, for their retirement. We have had no suuch law |since the repeal of the old measure in 1933. Social Security laws do not include teachers. Teachers are | protected by joint contributory retirement plans in 139 States and the Territory of Hawail, and by pension Iplans in two more States. Not only would the act | |give teachers protection similar to that received by | other citizens, but would make it unnecessary for |older and incompetent teachers to continue to serve | even though they may have become incompetent. The | | bill has the approval of the Board of Education. o 3 Choosing Judges IMPORTANT MEASURES B asss 2 R A | (Washington Post) Four of the most important measures of the The scandal which developed last year out of the | legislative session were tossed into the hopper in the |election of Thomas A. Aurelio to a New York County House late yesterday afternoon by Representatives | judgeship has evoked a number of proposals to reform Almer J. Peterson of Anchorage and Curtis G. Shat- |the method of selecting members of the judiciary. tuck of Juneau. Certainly the system of party nomination and popular 1. Workmen's Compensation Bill—this measule, election now practiced in New York has grave defects. intr ’ As former Judge Samuel Seabury puts it, the effect of introduced by Shattuck, long has been urge 1 N laboring gl‘o\ips e TR gt: I:I’: »I";e |this system is that “we leave the selection of our R W 50 the Terri- | 5 4icial candidates not to the public but to the politi- torial Department of Labor. Previous bills have failed | oq) district leaders who are organized as politicians.” because they were poorly written. This one amends | The public, indeed, has little basis on which to gauge the present act and improves it by doing three |the qualifications of candidates for judicial office. | things: Judge Seabury has advanced a proposal which It broadens the coverage under the act to include ,merits the consideration due any plan originating practically ‘all’ workers in’ Alasks: }’Irom his long record of distinguished public service. T B U0 W admisstiative e o {1t is similar to a recommendation made to the last 3 sk gency—an “indus- |gegsion of the New York Legislature by Governor trial board” composed of the attorney general, the 3 | Dewey. The State Constitution would be amended insurance commissioner and the commissioner of labor. |so as to give the Governor the right to appoint a The Territory of Alaska has been one of the very icandidate to the bench for a term of one year, after few jurisdictions not providing an administrative | which the judge’s name would go on the ballot. agency to handle claims under the Workmen’s Com- |Judge Seabury believes this procedure would afford pensation Law. !“a fair test of a man’s judicial faculty” and would So far the working man has had to | o 4 press his claims through long litigation in the courts | €naPle the public to decide “whether he should remain at his own*expense. Under the proposed setup the ‘on the bench or not.” 1 i f oo 1A Hasls sah canas. | Popular ratification of judicial appointments has The proposed act also would provide for a “second ;dang.pr: of its own, however. Judges appointed for a single year and subject to indorsement at the polls injury fund,” a feature that is important at this time | Would be under grave temptation to curry popular when the Territory showld be. thinking of its partially | favor. They might be disinclined to take an awkward disabled veterans who will be back looking for jobs, | OF difficult cases—or disadvantaged if such cases were ;:::fixs:lsth:g;zss ‘;;]:il;g:::r ]:::nh;:‘:f;’;nm get Work | gipnort at election time might seem indispensable to €an perma- | their continuance in office. Outright appointment nent of complete disability and a risk dor the em- | by the exccutive seems to us, on the whole, a preferable ployer. The bill introduced yesterday would provide | policy. But the choice of the executive might use- a runq to release the employer of this potential |fully be limited, we think, to a recommended panel burden. | of candidates. If the recommendations came from a If the measure passes it will be the first complete committee composed of outstanding members of the overhapling af the present outmoded 1aW. | bench and bar, they would surely be confined to (men of outstanding ability and judicial temperament. A | Variations of this procedure have already been tested 2. ‘Wage Collection Law—a measure introduced by | in a number of States and have proved highly Represemauve Peterson, sets up the Territorial De- l;ucz:essful Washinglon Meny- \ s garding the Philadelphia Conven- tion which nominated him in 1936. The President was walking up to THE PRESIDENT'S HEALTH the platform when the bolt came |out of the brace on his left knee Go_kound It is no secret that the Presi- dent’s health has suffered some- and he started to fall, in fact ] what from the wear and tear of iwould have fallen to the platform; (Continued from Page Ome) |ine most reientless, ravaging job in but secret service men held him how many hits it took in the lastthe world. Many others have up and stood around him so that engagement—almost as if each broken completely under the strain, few people could see what was were one of his children. and the lines on Roosevelt's face happening. The bolt was replaced, and the President continued, but, show he has not come out un- he said, very much shaken up. In war and the demands of health, the' latter usually comes second. HOW ROOSEVELT WORKS scarred. Yet the rumors about his |signing important legal papers. | discovered, is forecast. But aside from the change in the, subject matter of his work, Roose- velt’s methods of work have changed litfle during his long years in the White House. He is awak- ened every morning about. 8:30 by| his Negro valet, Arthur Prettyman, | has breakfast in bed, brewing his own coffee on a bedside table. Usually while he is still in bed, the personal cabinet drops in—his daughter Anna, Henry Morgemhau,' Harry Hopkins, Steve Early, Judge, Rosenman, Pa Watson. They plan strategy and line up the day’s busi- ness. By 9:30 he has read five news- papers, shaved himself, and is in the Lincoln study where he works for an hour before going over to the Executive Office for the' usual round of callers. This continues, with luncheon at his desk, until 5 p. m, when a pile of mail and reports occupy his time until around 7 o'clock. There was a day when FDR stopped work a bit early for a plunge in the White House swim- ming pool, but that rarely hap- pens any more. Vice Admiral Ross Mcintire, the President’s personal physician, urges him to get more relaxation, and at one time de- creed that he was not to have business luncheons at his desk. But between the demands of the health have been grossly exagger- lated. The chief facts are that after 'his illness last spring, his doctors advised him to cut down his weight, and he has lost about 20 pounds, ’Thxs shows in his face, already lmed with the worry of watching ! an ever-mounting casualty list and !a war which has dragged on and| on. | Also the President has lost most of his teeth in his lower jaw and | 'has a new set which is not too comfortable. During important and! most embarrassing moments, such as in the middle of a speech,’ the new teeth sometimes click. Finally, the President has be- come more hard-boiled about being | seen in public in a wheel chair. | During the early years in office he was super-sensative on this point. He didn't like to have people rea- | lize he couldn't walk. But now he | !knows that during 12 years in the | White House everyone is quite aware of this fact, so he frequently rebels against wearing his stiff and | leather is im- uncomfortable iron and braces, without which it possible for him to stand. Not only has the President be- come relatively callous about his physical condition, but he is not averse to telling a story on him- | self, the frankest of which is re- C.A. JENSEN as a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALAS EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVEN Present this coupon to the CAPITOL and receive TWO TICKETS to se box office of the THEATRE “HER PRIMITIVE MAN" Federal Tax—11c¢ per Person PHONE 14— THE ROYAL BLUE CAB C0. and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and RETURN YOU to your home with our compliments. WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! addition to this, Jimmy Roosevelt {had dropped his speech and the pages had scattered all over the platform. Then, as Jack Garner delivered his acceptance speech, the pages were rattling in the wind, making a whistling noise in phone. Pat Harrison of Missist tried to hold the pages down, got one page out og place, and the |Vice President repeated one ‘'whole page of his speech. The President tells how he was worried sick, until the last word of his own address was finished, for fear he would make the same | mistake. LONESOME PRESIDENT Franklin D. Roosevelt has never lost the old sparkle and verve which have characterized his pri- vate and public conversation for {12 long years. Sometimes in press conferences, he is irritable, but he always snaps back. He has his ups and downs. After the day's work is done, |however, after dinner in the White House, after the last intimate callers who sometimes come as late {as 11 p. m, have departed, then, |in the Lincoln study you will some- times catch a rare glimpse of | Franklin Roosevelt as he really is lin these war years. } One evening a friend came over to the residence part of the White House to confer with the President on a troublesome strikes problem. He walked along the thick carpeted |corridor outside the Lincoln study. The President did not hear him. As the adviser came to the' door, which was open, he glanced inside. | The room was dark except for {one lamp on the President’s desk which illuminated his face almost as if in a stage setting. The Presi- dent sat there, gazing off into space. He was not reading, he was not smoking, he was thinking. And on his face was a look of almost tr surrounded agic loneliness. A man : OPEN EVENINGS BY {by people, problems, and war, and completely alone, I (Copyright, 1945, by the Bell Syndicate, Inc.) the micro-4 i HAPPY BIRTHDAY JANUARY 24 M. L. MacSpadden Charles D. Baker Geraldine Maddox Patricia Nelson " Bob- Converse Mrs. Gustave Gissberg George Clements James H. Fraser Joe Mullins f R e HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” THURSDAY, JANUARY 25 Planetary aspects are forceful in the evening of this day, which may be extraordinarily eventful. The! forenoon should be auspicious for HEART AND HOME: The coun- sel of aged members of the family is of special value under this con- figuration. Experience will mean much in aiding wise readjustment of domestic relations as many sol- diers return from severe war ser- vice. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Alaska will attract large numbers of settlers/ this year and next. A period otl development, revealing even greater natural resources than have been | Russia « will | contribute to the prosperfty of the territory. NATIONAL ISSUES: Astrologers | emphasize that a first step toward | world harmony is effort toward | elimination of vice and crime in our own cities and villages. In war- 20 YEARS AGO 7% gmpire e et -~} JANUARY 24, 1925 Temperatures were rising in the Interior but were still 40 degrees SHOP PHONE 9% TRIPLE'ITE & KRUSE BUILDING CONTRACTORS EXPERT CABINET WORK OF ALL KINDS 20TH CENTURY MARKET BUILDING After 5:00 P. M. PHONE 564 below zero. In Juneau the thermomecter hovered around three degrees above with the Taku still raging. Silver Bow Lodge @Na A2L0.0.F. The Douglas High School girls defeated the Juneau girls the previous Meets each Tues- night at basketball 22 to 14 in the final game of the series but Juneau| day at 8:00 P. M. I.O. O. F. HALL. had taken three out of the five games. Work of Emma Garn and Mary Visiting Brothers Welcome Africh was especially good for Douglas. Juneau girls were below standard, GEORGE CLARK, Noble Grand even Capt. Krugness, although caging six baskets from the field, was not hitting the bullseye as often as fans had previously seen her do. The Juneau boys defeated Douglas 24 to 20’ thus winning the series by four PP M A irlycacsptdtastienimagity 3 o ' straight games. Warfields’ Drug Store City League basketball games scheduled for this night were called (“m‘:‘“i;" m" - off as it would be impossible to heat A. B. Hall so fans could enjoy the HO]lLUC'K'é DANISH games because of the cold weather prevailing. 1ICE CREAM Marie Falldine, Red Cross Nurse of the Juneau Chapter, was back on duty after several weeks enforced idleness owing to a broken ankle. The Sewing Basket BABY HEADQUARTERS Musical organizations of the Juneau Public Schools were to give a public aoncert in the Elks Hall the next afternoon, free to the public. Infant and Children’s Wear 139 S. Franklin Juneau, Alaska DR. E. H. KASER The Estebeth was unable to reach Haines, anchored 24 hours in Berners Bay, and had returned to Juneau. The gale on Lynn Canal blew 45 miles an hour, it was said. Albert White and Leonard Holmquist had been pledged by the Sigma Phi fraternity at the Oregon Agricultural College. DENTIST e e e e et e i i BLOMGREN BUILDING Phone 56 HOURS: 9 A. M. to 5 P, M. E Da|ly Lessons in English % 1. corbon WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “You have got to do it.” Say, “You will have to do it.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Decent. CENT unstressed, and not de-sunt.’ OFTEN MISSPELLED: Ameliorate; six vowels. 20TH CENTURY BUILDING SYNONYMS: Deceit, deception, duplicity, guile. Office Phone 469 WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times angvit is yours.”, Let us 1 ¥ increase otir vocabulary by mastering one word each day. ' Today's word: Dr. A. W. Stewart Pronounce second E as in DENTIST MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. E. F. CLEMENTS, Wor- shipful Master; JAMES W. LEIV- ERS, Secretary. 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