The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 22, 1945, Page 4

; . . : Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY econd and Main Streets, Juneau, Ala EFLEN TROY M N - - - resident DOROTHY TROY GO - - Vice-President wI - tor and Manager Managing Editor Business Manager as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES in Juneau and Douglas one year, S15.00. postage paid. at the following rates: vance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; $1.50. a favor if they will promptly notify ny failure or irregularity in the de- for §1.50 per month; ers will cox office of their er: s Office, 602; Business Office, 374 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ted P is exclusively entitled to the use for 1l news dispatches credited to it or not other- paper and also the local news published . 1411 SOMETHING GOING ON HERE | Something is going on in Alaska that certainly ought to be brought to the attention of everyone. It sems, according to the Governor, that certain busi- interests in Alaska are actually making profits on investments Now that around that capital invested in Al ting a return things might even more capital might be attracted to invest money in Territory. That would be terrible We've heard it rumored that the canned salmon industry is actually making a profit from operations in Alaska—and them only paying about three-fourths of the taxes in Alaska. Shameful, isn’t it? Why they've even talked about trying to come out after the war with enough left with which to put their industry into shape so that it will continue to make money and pay probably only about two-thirds of the Territory’s taxes. Disgraceful! But we're certainly going to fix that and the Heuse of Representatives got a good start last night. They'll show 'em. They put a new fish tax bill through that would take about seven miliion dollars more of that money, but of course, even that will only pay about 100 percent of the amount needed for the Territory’s governmental functions . But then we have to be content with what we can get At least we'll be pretty sure of one thing. The industry won't have anything left so that it can make after the war . And business men thinking esting their money in Ala are going to think twice, or even three or more times before they | bring?@iny of their capital to Alaska. 1 We'll sho 'em! If it should get is actually ge ch a point where is a serious thing. the Several of the members of the Territorial Legis- lature were a little excited the other evening about | some “button-holing” and “official” lobbying that has been carried on by the Governor of Alaska. The present is no time for excitement because it will do little good. The time to have done something about He pulled marked ballots out of his desk in the Governor’s Office and he passed | these around freely. He also wrote political letters | soliciting votes for certain candidates on the sta- | tionery of the “Office of the Governor.” | As we pointed out at the time, the Federal Hatch Act is suposed to forbid Federal officials from using their offices and the people’s money for political pu poses. But nothing came of it then and for th reason it seems useless to protest at this stage of the game. | | ernor made speeches. However, the Governor's brazen lobbying this session in the halls before the entrances to the sacred chambers of the House and Senate must prove a source | | of embarrassment both to him and to those he en- chants. Certainly a more suitable method could be worked out hefore the next Legislature meets One suggestion might be to install pneumatic i | tubes between the desks of the various Representatives | and Senators and the Governor's office through which sages could be dispatch and received without the | delay of calling numerous recesses before votes are | taken. Or perhaps a more modern method would bvi me | This would eliminate entirely the clumsy passing of notes from the gallery | Or, perhaps when the surplus war materials are disposed of, we might see fit to outfit the Governor | "‘nd his sheep with “walkie-talkie” portable field | transmitters and receivers which have so proved their | worth at the fighting front and might also prove to adaptable to the legislative battlefield. | be waiter might be installed connecting the legislative | chambers with the floor above The same service, in order to be democratic about 8! this, should also be provided for the registered lobby- ists, perhaps financed out of the fees collected from | their licenses. 1 | | | | | Dolores French | | | ~ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— { HAPPY BIRTHDAY i A. N. Monsen Billy Evans Clifford Mason Jerry Cole Robert White Elizabeth Meaney Mrs. M. A. Clifford John Butrovich, Jr. - ——— HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” N ] FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1945 | M z | | 2k 43 Early today benefic aspects pre-| | the similar installation of a radio intercom system {vail, but in later hours conflicting | names of 40 were called who had pianetary influences = are acti Thrilling news from prognosticated. HEART AND' HOME arental authority now will be invoked in dealing with juvenile delinquency but unless the rever- ence .and respect of children has not been implanted by love and the war is | Or if the Governor should desire to talk to one harmony in the home it will e | § | of the people’s representatives in person a large dumb- foolish to expect good results, as- trologers declare. Example must sustain precept, the seers empha- | written in the possessive case. 26 BUSINESS AFFAIRS According to the aspect of Mars |in Sagittarius, square to Jupiter in! Virgo, at the beginning of the year, | On the other hand, those who would seek a means | prosperity is to continue. Mars, the of doing away with such pressure from above fl“d‘plnn(vr of enterprise, seems to pre- | without the legislative chambers might, hy working |sage the greatest hard enough in the next election, gather the power |v | lof expansion, promises new oppor- | he had done.” to treat |tunities and financial succe: to pass legislation preventing such lobbying. Perhaps the only way to do. it would be the legislators much in the same manner a jury is| treated when it is handed the job of bringing out a verdict in a court of law. Lock the legislators in : big building on the first day of the session and lei them out on the sixtieth day. Or perhaps another production for rar needs and Jupiter, the planet NATIONAL ISSUES United States must guard against , |over-confidence; the greatest faith ¢ |and courage carrying the responsibilities attend- ing the position of strongest nation will be necessary in way would be to appropriate several thousand dollars in the world. Again certain mem- to give the Governor an expense paid trip to the pers of Congr States, providing he took the trip while the Legislature for a world organization to main Such a fund might even be raised'tain peace. | was in session. by popular subscription In most elementary history and eivics classes in| our schools, our students are taught that we have three main branches of government, each with sep- arate powers and duties: This course of study should cer! to apply to Alaska because here the are practically one and the same. Our administrative I branch also makes the laws, This ‘control is most in evidence in‘the House of | Representatives. We really believe that an additional inly be changed | of Alaska. Alaska’s government-—-not even by by the people of Alaska as might be the case of the | reward for political services performed by the political | the executive’s control of the House was in the last elect when the person in question showed the people paigning and vote snatching Much “button-holing” was done then. The Gov- party in powey. | | |no in The dangerous thing about the condition that now | source exists is that it points toward one-man control of it was headlined in the press when an official elected Senator McKellar was taken ill last week, the physician who attended ss will oppose plans INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Ominous planetary positions pre- | vail over Europe. The fortunes of war will aid Russia especially and the United Nations will make splen-! become rude when reproved. did progress. ! 1. The legislative branch which makes the laws. Persons whose birthdate it is 2. The administrative branch which sees that pove the augury of a year of goodl these laws are carried into effect. luck. They should guard. against 3. THhe judicial branch which sees to the enforce- deception in love or financial ment of the laws. matters. Children born on this day prob- ¢ two branches ably will be highly gifted but tem- | peramental. They should be ‘guard(-d against foolish marriage. ! (Copyright, 1945) L | v . y | Speaker’s chair should be installed for the “Governor |foli City Administration has shown ination to give up this easy of income Although chief executives of the various states, but by a him didn't get excited. Leaving : A i P A | McKellar in the Senate lobby he Federal appointed official who receives the job as a ‘rem’xrked' “McKellar had a big lunch downstairs, then went and got himself all worked up in a All of this points also toward less home rule for {speech on the floor. He ought to of the Territory a few fancy tricks in political cam- | Alaska since it concentrates power in the hands of (know he can’t do that.. That's all Washington, D. C. Washington | Inside reason | carbon black supply has now forced remarked “Mr. Berge, before yoi the industry. back to a siX-day leave, the committee would like to|.;, |have you convey our kindest re-! iu Federal official who is directly responsible to|that's wrong with him.” BAWL-OUT DID GOOD On Friday, March 9, T told the de story of how OPA bureau- ts had barred three Congress~ men from sitting in on OPA hear- B e the carbon 8ards and congratulations to our|in for s to fix ceiling prices on straw- Go-Round (Continued fr_um Page One) missioners. The other day one Com- ssioner remarxed that “Porter the virtues of Larry Fly, (his pred or) and none of his faults. But although Porter is deter- mined to keep politics out of the FCC, he can't quite forget his old role as publicity chairman for the Democratic campaign. In his first speech to broadcasters, last week, Porter begged off predicting what black shortage is that WPB tried to, protect the established carbon black | manufacturers by vetoing plans for construction of new plants. Instead, Vice Chairman Harold Boeschen- stein approved a plan to bring back into production facilities of the Southwest, long idle because of the |high cost of materials in that area. The industry happily asked OPA to raise their price ceilings because of the higher cost, but OPA decided ! carbon black profits were high | enough and that no profit on the cxpanded operations should be al-| lowed. The industry accepted this ' cecision because felt certain will happen to radio in the future. they “There is the stern voice of e: perience to prove just how far wrong can be those who essay to stake out the future,” Porter said. He recalled that “one oracle” of radio said in 1922, “it is incon- ceivable that we should allow so great a possibility for service, for news, for entertainment, for edu- cation and for vital commercial purposes to be drowned in adver- there would be no attempt by out-! But then they learned the way | OPA figured costs, they found they ! were expected to produce in these renovated plants at an actual loss. | Negotiations to get a better prici lon carbon black produced in these | plants have dragged along for| several months with the industry putting more energy into trying to Tk At (;\n\’mu' OPA to raise the price than in putting out he carl Later 4?nru (u:m‘fll ““;“'_ Same piack. E\ul‘ at x:m p:omln-nm(.“lx?oiz 5l ;;:.m« \“‘} v,l,);nl hf’u‘l::(!—— not certain the industry could 1 ay to kill broa upply enough carbon black with casting would be to use it for direet | present facilities advertising.” A year later, Porter| g, now the program is stalled recalled, this “very persistent i-|with one government agency, WPB, dividual,” had declared that adver-'ooiomined to protect the industry tising “will defeat the (broadcast-from the competition of new facili- ing) md'us!ryv ties and another government Grinning slyly at the broadcast- gency OPA, determined that profit ers, Porter said, “Please don't m e atantt S E hae Eido ;v“x’.unylr:lnuly.j more important than not subject myself to the charge that I have made an attack on* CAPITAL CHAFF advertising, free enterprise or pri- vate initiative because I have, An indication of what is behind cuoted Herbert Hoov some senators in opposing Aubrey Williams as REA Administrator is TRUCK TIRE BOTTLI the admission of Senator Bilbo of The Mead Committee is now Mississippi, that he had to oppose probing the serious shortage of Williams to satisfy Mississippi carbon black, the bottleneck in friends who bawled him out because truck tire production while WPB Le voted for Henry Wallace. Among ias approved tire plants recently, the whole tire program is threat- ened by the shortage of carbon black. Although production went up 46 per cent after Justice Byrnes ordered the industry on seven- day week last fall, the failure of the i these friends wos Lumber King Robert Newton, Wiggin, Miss. Anti- trust. head, Wendell Berge, was surprised but pleased when, as he concluded his testimony on the anti-trust budget for next year, Rep. John Kerr, of North Carolina, a siders to go into the business. ST+ distinguished friend, Judge Thur- berries. P man ‘Cartel’ Arnold.” Arnold pre-| Immediately following this dis- ceded Berge, helped to train him closure, OPA Administrator Chester | as trustbuster . . . It's practically |Bowles wrote a letter apologizing open warfare between the Navy and [to the Congressmen, while Repre- the City of Norfolk, Va. The Navylscmamw- Francis Walter of Penn- has gone to bat for service men sylvania introduced a bill propos- who land in Norfolk .from active ing a $1,000 fine for any bureau- duty and are picked up by local crats refusing to let a Congressman police after having a drink or two,!attend an agency hearing. then fined. But thus far, the Nor- (Copyright 1945, Bell Syndicate Ine.) Crossword Puzzle g - ACROSS 33. Pose for a L. Cistern pOFiE Runs away = o ). Staft 38. Short for & 2. So. American man’s name indian 29. Serpent 3. Musical 4L Acquire by composition labor /4. Biblical priest 42. Chalfy part of (5. Massachusetts ground grain cape 44 Renting 16. Up to the time contract of 46. Weeping 17. English bitterly consonant 48, Knot again 18. Ferocious 50. Color 20. Golden orfole 51. In this 22, Anclent wine G3. Horseman's vessel seat ', Foreive 6. Mountaln: Solution Of Yesterday's Puzzle Sy o Qiaols . comb. 10FM gy ats ittle by 63 AMrmative 30. Formerly 59. Cut little 64. Meaning 31. Russian czar 60, Came to rest 62. Finial 65. Dry DOWN Neckpleces ast Indian money Solicit . Fconomlical . Solitar . Adjective sumix Ancient Roman official 8. Wise men . Speak from memory . Butter substitute J } . Course of eating from THE EMPIRE 20 YEARS AGO MARCH 22, 1925 Representative Ben Grier of the Third Division intreduced a bill in | the Legislature creating a Bureau of Publicity composed of five members |aid with an appropriation or $30,000 for the coming two-year period. Steamer Queen arrived from the South on the first trip of the season. | Mrs. Scott C. Bone, Mrs. G. E. Krause and son Irving, J. W. Gucker and Frank Metcalf were among the passengers aboard. i The Rev. G. G. Bruce, pastor of the Northern Light Presbyterian | Church for the past eight years, announced his resignation, and with Mrs. Bruce will leave for the South about the middle of May. [ ‘. In New York, Rear Admiral Fiske announced the probability of a foreign in less than 20 years and urged preparedness by the United States. The Grand Igloo of the Pioneers of Alaska held memorial services, ssed away during the previous | year and the culogy was given by Harry G. Watson, delegate from | Fairbanks. Weather report: High, 39; low, 37; rain-snow. | poree Daily Lessons in English 3. 1. corpon e WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: “This is somebody else’s hat” is usually OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Tedious. jus. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Creditable; ABLE. SYNONYMS: Persuade, coax, convince, allure, entice, incite, induce, influence. 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: RUEFULLY; sorrowfully; regretfully. “He ruefully reflected on what ——— MODERN ETIQUETTE Q. When talking with other people in what way should a woman refer to her husband? A. She should call ‘him by his christian name when speaking to friends, as “my husband” when talking with acquaintances, and as “Mr. Smith” when talking with servants or business people. Q. When one is in the theatre, is it permissible to reprove people nearby who insist upon talking? A. Yes, they deserve to be reproved, but in some instances they b Y ROBERTA LEE | Q. Is it correct to close a formal social letter with “Sincerely rours”? A, Yex. | fo e s e | {1 LOOK and LEAR l,);y C. GORDON I | 1. When was the first circus organized in this country? | 2. When is ante-meridian? ; 3. What is the number of bartenders in the United States? | 4. Who said, ‘If this be treason, make the most of it”? | 5. What is “aviculture”? { ANSWERS: 1. In Philadelphia by John Bill Ricketts; George Washington at- | tended on April 22, 1793. 2. In the A. M. between midnight and the next moon. 3. According to the 1940 census there were 113,702 bartenders in the United States. 4. Patrick Henry. 5. 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