The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 21, 1945, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empi Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Maln bireets, Juncau, Alaska. WELEN TROY MONSEN - - - - President POROTHY TROY_ LINGO - - - Vice-President WILLIAM R. CARTER o o - Editor and Manager ELiER A FRIEND e - = Managing Editor AITRED ZENGER = = = = Business Manager Wutered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Mutter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Deltvered by carrier in Juneau and Douslas for $1.50 per month; ix months, $8.00; one year, $15.00. By mail, postage paid. at the following ri One vear, in advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; yne month, in advance. $1.50. Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify Ihe Business Office of sny fallure or irregularity in the de- fivers of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 3T4. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for mpublication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- yise credited in this paper and also the local news published Yerein. NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 Sourth Avenue Bidg., Seattle, Wash. DESIRABILITY IS NOT ENOUGH ‘We believe that every proposal that would increase or add new taxes should have unquestioned necessity as its basis. Mere desirability is not enough. The planléss raising ©f révetive is a direct invi- tation to extravagance, and such spending is a charge . not only against those who may.have the “ability to pay,” but a charge against the income of every Alaskan. # Unfortunately, increased taxes are rarely spent for the purpose fi increasing production. A tax never glves anything; '!,G"nl“ys takes something away. It is always a pel]il‘t)' levied upon whoever pays it. It penalizes the earning of money, the making of profit, the buying of goods—it always penalizes. It follows that no interest in the economic scheme —Ilabor, capital or management—can have a larger share if the total product is less than before. If the Territorial government takes a larger share of the product there will be a smaller remainder to distribute. This will result in perhaps larger incomes to those favored few who would administer to the newly created bureaus and commissions, but in smaller in- comes for all other Alaskans. Let us (try~to forget for the moment that the proposed income tax would hit directly at the ‘indi- vidual class, which is malnly labor, to the tune ef $800,000 for the biennium. What if the tax hit only the corporations? : 2 The taxation of corporate income enters into the costs of doing business, reduces the supply of capital. Higher taxes always make unattractive the invest- ment of new capital, discouraging risk-taking and business adventure. The ultimate effect would be to reduce the economic opportunity in Alaska by re- ducing the supply of capital for the development of Alaska’s natural resources. The production of wealth is discouraged, and in the end there will be less wealth to distribute #o9Bveryone—less -profits, less wages, less products. ‘_ti . The supposed advantage of this proposed program is theoretical and we believe, largely illusory. The supposed advantage to residents would be at best only temporary, for the residents of Alaska would straight- away encounter lower wages and fewer profits. In taxation, as in all other fields of economic endeavor, it is foolish to believe that something can | Dbe had for nothing. The Man and His Goose A certain Man had a Goose, which laid him a golden egg every day. But, not contented with this, which rather increased than abated his avarice, he was resolved to kill the Goose. and cut up her belly, THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA — WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1945 that so he might come at the inexhaustible treasure éwhich he fancied she had within her. He did so; |and, to his great sorrow and disappointment, found nothing. UP AGAIN A recent issue of the Ketchikan Alaska Fishing News carries’ a special dispatch from Klawock to the |effect that Alaska Delegate Bob Bartlett's bill to extend time under which the Indians of Alaska may sue for claims involving property rights is opposed by native representatives from Kake, Klawock, Craig and Hydaburg—24 of them. | Furthermore, the committee also went on record | for “total reserve on land and fishing rights as the | demands in aboriginal hearing.” | This stand is, of course contrary to that taken |by the Indians at their Alaska Native Brotherhood | convention held not very long ago. The dispatch mentions that George Folta, Interior | Department attorney, was also in Klawock to give { committee. | Says Editor Sid Charles: | “George Folta, who gave the ‘technical advice’' in | opposition to Delegate Bartlett's bill to settle Indian | rights through court action, is the attorney-at-large {for the Secretary of the Interior. His ‘opportune | meeting’ with the natives makes it plain that Secre- | tary Ickes is still actively on the job for creating ! reservations in Alaska to head off possible State rights. It behooves Alaskans to renew their efforts to see | that whatever rights Indians may have shall be settled by court action, rather than by a directive by | Ickes.” [ Twice Born i (Washington Post) | One of the most interesting symptoms of the times, although not often remarked, is the profound searching'of soul that has been taking place among {our Socialist brethren. The Socialists, or certaijily a | great .amany .of them, seem- to -have had-.the ex- | perience frequently associated with spiritual crises | known as “the vision of evil.” The evil they envisage |is a world dominated by Communism. Your 1945 | model Socialist is able to see two Communisté where I'a mere bourgeoise like Martin Dies would see but one. | And whatever fears of Stalinist domination of the postwar Europe may be felt by, say, the members of ithe Roman Curia, are squared or cubed in the So- cialist imagination. They see opportunities every- | where created for the Communists by steadily in- creasing state controls over the economic life of | peoples, in short, by Socialism itself. They have been 1 reading Professor von Hayek and Professor von Mises | about the relationship between German state social- ism and Nazi totalitarianism and they have begun to wonder whether the problem of freedom is not after all in some way related to the future of capitalistic | free enterprise. If you think this a misrepresentation or exaggera- | which has been ruhning ally in ‘the New Leader, organ of the Socialist Démocr@tic Federation. In the | current issue, for example, we find Mr. Max Eastman, | sometime editor of the Massés and, if we.remember correctly, one of the founding fathers of Communism in' America, arguing out of Jefferson and Locke that | the only safety. lies.in the dispersion of economic power, and-that we must look for salvation to the petty bourgeoise, namely, “the farmers, the members of conservative trade-unions, the cooperatives and that part of the intelligentsia (regrettably small in America) who . . For, says Mr. Eastman, what the Socialists have learn- ed from the experiences of Germany and Russia is that “private property in the means of production and a genuinely compelflgive aarket” are so cl X identi- {ied w}fih political freedomythat “t!f L‘d 1l'stand or fall togethery P94 0% B B W Along with this new vision of the totalitatfah evil, and this new searching for truth, has gone a searching of the Socialist scriptures, which are found to be apocryphal almost in toto. Mr. Liston M. Oak, writing about blunders in Italy, observes that “Italians, like the Chinese, place dignity and other spiritual values above bread and wine.” Away with the materialist interpretation of history! Mr. Eastman writes that “The struggle against totalitarianism is not a struggle between two classes.” Away with the doctrine of the class struggle! Prof. Sidney Hook says that in a totalitarian society literacy becomes an instrument of tyranny, since literates can be more easily deceived than illiterates. write, you will lose your brains! Washington Merry- Go-Round (Continued from Page One) It is almost cert cision was up to So the Spanish But in some re American Confere 'LLN, a ouorum and was not held. |in Mexico City will Dunn. (Farm and Labor Leaders—and gave Cortez could not them a,few helpful hints on what to do, say, and wear at the coming spects the Inter- |conference. née now opening | There was almost immediate re- take its, place | Pellion against wearing grey-striped to raise the‘trousers and formal coats. “I haven't got any grey-striped ain Eauy technical advice that was asked of him by’ the | | tion, we refer: you to the disqusalofl of the question, . love honesty better than power.” €& Workers of the world, don't read and | |question of Republican Spain, de- | i |spite the State Department, de-| break in diplomatic relations, the nang the condemnation of Franco. | Chileans were told. So now when| Meanwhile, Congressman John | we need American solidarity more | coffee of Tacoma, Washington, has | than ever, the Good Neighbors yncovered a significant document arent’ too happy. | purporting to show what everyone HAPPY BIRTHDAY FEBRUARY 21 T. F. Dryden Catherine Wood W. H. Wood Jennie Closson Mrs. Walter Clarke Roena Erickson Mrs. P. S. Jensen Steve Richardson Katherine Weers Pt | HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do mot compel” THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22 Benefic aspects are active today which should be favorable to labor. | Steady gain in political and econom- |ic power is foreseen for workers. | HEART AND HOME: Criticism of the quality of modern fiction will | be widespread this year when Aquar- ian influences uplift the human mind. Best sellers will not pre- | sent so many depraved characters or Imention vices more frequently than | virtues. BUSINESS AFFAIRS: Large pro-! Ifits from postwar production of | labor-saving devices for the home are prognosticated. Foresight to- day will bring wealth tomorrow to those whose ingenuity provides greater ease for women. | NATIONAL ISSUES: Equal rights | for women will be accorded this year when outmoded statutes will bej 'erased. Even though women have | been given the ballot, they are still ! deprived of complete freedom from old-time handicaps as citizens. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS :— The solar eclipse part of last month is believed to presage for South | Africa and Australia a loosening of | the ties with the British empire. In- | fluence of United States soldiers on foreign soil will strengthen de- mocracy abroad. | Persons whose birthdate it is have | the augury of a year in which they | will benefit“by adopting changes| | that do not threaten security. | Children born on this day probab- |1y will be exceedingly conscientious and clever. They will be capable of leading in progressive movements. (Copyright, 1945) ¥ 7 pants,” remarked Jullan Luhrsen, 'head of the Railway Brotherhoods' Association. | “If I have to wear grey-striped | trousers,” added horny-handed !Jim Patton of the Farmers' Union, “I'm going to stay at home.” | What attracted their at |was a sheet of instructions them by Mr. Rockefeller, on en. which i | “Delegates should have dinner i jackets and short coats with striped oo ees | et et 20 YEARS AGO 7#e smpire FEBRUARY 21, 1925 Washington’s Birthday falling on Sunday, Monday was to be observed as a holiday. Stores and offices were to be closed for a two-day holiday. The Rocky Pass Hunting Club members were to meet this night at Goldstein’s Emporium to transact important business. The Native Parent-Teacher Association of Douglas was advertising a jitney dance at the ANB Hall for this night. Word was received here that Mr. and Mrs. Simpson MacKinnou were the parents of a boy baby born in Manila: The proud dad was stationed in the Philippines. The First Nationa. Bank was to be moved during the two-day holiday from the old First National Bank Building on Front and Seward to new quarters in the Hellenthal Building. The John Alford Bradford Post No. 4, American Legion, was to give a dance Washington’s Birthday in the A. B. Hall. The City Council ordered the City Health Commissioner Chief of the Juneau Volunteer Fire Department and Chief of Police to immediately make an inspection of the city regarding sanitary conditions and possible fire traps. The Boy Scouts’ Father and Son Dinner was to be held this night in the Moose Hall and reservations had been made for 88. Chester Buchtel confessed at Portland, Oregon, that he had set 32 blazes which caused damage estimated at $85,000, and after starting the blazes, returned to the firt station to which he was attached, answered the alarm and went out with his company and helped ex- tinguish them. Weather report: High, 32; iow, 30; clear. s i e Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon e e Pt it WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Mrs. Johnson enjoys poor health.” Say, “Mrs. Johnson is in delicate health.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Leisuré. Preferred pronunciation is le-zher, first E as in SEE, accent first syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Straight (direct). Strait (difficulty). SYNONYMS: Mar, injure, spoil, ruin, distort. 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: INVIOLABLE; proof or secure against corruption, breach, etc. “The most inviolable attachment to the laws of our country is everywhere acknowledged a capital virtue.”—Hume. e it by MODERN ETIQUETTE **:opErra LEE P oy TR DT Q. Would it be all right for a girl to have supper with a man after the theatre, in his hotel suite? A. No; she should never go to a man’s hotel room, unless the man is her father or brother. x Q. How far in advance should invitations to a ball be mailed, and should they be engraved? A, Yes, they should be engraved, and mailed at least two weeks in advance. Q. What would be the correct dress for a girl to wear at an after-theatre supper party? A. Evening dress. oy trousers for formal daytime wear.” However, Rockefeller pacified his) flock by telling them they & |use their discretion, e | Other helpful hints handed out | LOOK and LEARN 2 2. What distinctive feature have the following in common: (a) ’ 1. " What is the basic pay of a Canadian private? by Mr. Rockefeller’s office Were:l . . y.ngargo, (b) the wallaby, (c) the wombat, (d) the opossum? | “Because of the, extreme dryness tof the air during the winter months, the use of a light oil spray for lubricating the nasal pas- sages will probably be a comfort. |Persons with high blood pressure ‘iarc particularly warned against the |danger of over-exercising them- Iselves in the high altitude. “Uncooked food, especially un- |peeled fresh fruits and leafy vege- |tables such as grapes and lettuce {should not be eaten,” the delegates were warned. y 4 “Highly - seasoned , Mexican food should be experimented with ‘with caution. The conference meeting rooms in Chapu - Castle will probably be chilly by United States standards,” was the final warning given to the U. 8. delegation. (Copyrignt, 194v, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc.) Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 36. Occupy a sea* |has long suspected, that the Ger-| } e i FRANCO HAUNTS mEXICO |mans have been using Franco to persons 39. Toward Last month, members of the Old spread anti-American propaganda.| 1-9_{ f«er;nch com- e 3;“;}5.‘; Spanish Cortez tried to hold a|Coffee has three photostats of a poser 42, Large recep- meeting in Mexico City. The letter from the Secretary of the Ij Diocpims " " Ry Cortez is the Spanish Parliament, Spanish Embassy in Buenos Aires 15. Roman road 5. Straps and ever since Franco set up his which baldly refers to “money re- e L A':::,‘::.'} dictatorship, its members havelceived from Germany.” Written cuckoo 49. Decay been exiled, many in Latin Am-|February 18, 1943, a translation of | 15 crisbditer b9, Bouess from erica |the letter reads: . Total sleep So it was proposed that the rem-| “In accordance with orders - Number bl < g [RIE] nants of Democratic Spain get| received, I have conducted ‘an . Globe 57. Snare A together and hold a meeting in| interview with Comrade Jose - Ressmbling & BERREE nele Selyfion D Yastarday's Puniy Mexico City. ! Ignacio Ramos, with regard to ] 30. Organ of 61. M.n?n DOWN 3. On the shel- i " : hearing, 62. English school 1. Cut length- tered side But they did not reckon with the distribution which ought to 31. Arrow poison 3. Use a lever wise 4 Plase whises our State Department be given the money received as 2. Rolly 64. Depend 2. 5unlvor! for " " boats must When James C. Dunn (husband / an aid from the German Em- | o0 Thu® S&iFey PRPIEE be carried of the Armour millions) was called| bassy in a new campaign of % i“ E7 n :- Ft::;e:aau before the Senate during the con- propaganda / % 1. Book of the firmation fight over his promotion | “Comrade Ramos is in ac- /. . n Bible - to be Assistant Secretary of State,, cord with the basic principles / / & Headlong he told Senator Guffey of Penn-| which ought to be followed, and % / Al sylvania that he had never been| has formally promised to de- 2 / 0. One lost be- favorable to Franco. Since then he liver to me within a few days W// :’&x:‘kucau: has inspired a series of newspaper| a detailed plan of said cam- . Think columns purporting to tell how he| paign. Bustle “For God, for Spain and for the National-Syndicalist Revo- had nothing to do with the boycott of Loyalist Spain However, when two members of | lution.” the Spanish Cortez sought pass-| Ramos was press attache of the port visas to cross the Panama Spanish Embassy. Among his jobs . Short and fat Winter fodder . Clenched hand . River mussel Meshed fabrie More certain 3. What is a guimpe? 4. Who is the father of the modern concept of the “conditioned reflex”? 3 5. In what should you “pack up your troubles”? ANSWERS: 1. The Canadian Legation says that the pay of a private in the Canadian Army is now $39 per month. 2. Al lare pouched animals. 3. An underblouse with sleeves, worn with a low-necked blouse 4. Ivan Pavlov. Your old kit bag. as: a paid-up subscriver to THE., 'EMPIRE is invited to be our guest Present this coupon to the box office of the and receive TWO TICKETS to see: . "SWING g Federal Tax—11c per Persofl 3 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! Canal to attend the meeting in Mesico City, the State Department said no. The Spanish Congressmen were south of the Panama Canal and the Mexico City meeting was north. The Canal lay across their path, and the State Department refused to let them cross. The man in the State Department who passes primarily on these matters is James C. Dunn. Hull is no longer in the State Department. Stettinius was either away or busy with the “Big Three” Conference. The main de- | was to represent Spain at frequent meetings with German, Japanese and Italian diplomats to plan the all-Axis propaganda drive in Latin-. America. No matter what elsé comes of the Inter-American Conference, fpains- taking Nelson Rockefeller is de-]. termined that his delegates shall| be prim, proper, and adequately | nourished. Just before they left; Washington, Rockefeller called in | the young army of advisers he is| taking to Mexico City—including Intricate y high : Binging b . ngin; ird 38 Afrmative . Metal Chairman of the House . Sclence of plants 44. Cry of the aat Hike Flutter over 45. 46. 47. Answer the burpose 51. Loud cry 53. Bird of prey 54. Biblical regiom 55. Dispatche; 58. 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