The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 30, 1945, Page 2

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May of Kentucky, it is reported to have been sponsored by officials of the American Legion. The bill provides for a training period of one year, less a short period—not to exceed one month—for necessary induction, mobilization and demobilization Certainly every ex-service man and woman of this war is interested in this legislation. We shouldn't ig- nore the subject. Already thewe is opposition. Twelve outstanding American edu- cators representing as many uni- versities are against consideration 10w, as well as the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America. Ope of the weaknesses of the Lill is that it provides no outline or even any suggestion of the kind of training to be given. Just a of military or naval training- the President shall prescribe.” I've heard, and no doubt you've heard, many mothers say, “I'm in favor of a year's compulsory train- ing. It will make men of our boys of 18. T think it will help my boy.” But many in Washington argue that our Federal money should be spent not so much to make a man out of some mother's boy as to luild a system which could be a powerful influence towards prevent- ing war and at least would allow us to be ready. They say helping our hoys is OK, but first we want to Lelp the U. S. Also, the suggestion is made, seriously—Why only our boys? Why not girls . tao? So, even if it can be assumed that most veterans of this Global War are in fuvor of future compulsory peace- time training, we must consider all the arguments as to the type of law we need. The same holds for men still in the service who one day—soon, we hope - ing our ex-service ranks. Probably most of us agree that well-planned preparedness is better end safer than attempts at disarm- ament. Many observers in Wash- ington, however, feel that to plunge blindly into a year’s compulsory afternoon released on $2,500 bond. employers who violate job directives. W i - ] g N { ] et e e e training scheme may not be what we want at all. Their first argu- ment runs this way. In peacetime to use up the time of some 850,000 18-year-old boys for one year on ctrictly military or naval training would be stretching the program dangerously and also unnecessarily. So it would be necessary to use up much of their time with edu- cational courses. That is costly. True, they say, it would help the boys to some free education at federal government expense, but is that what we want to do? Besides, the education given might not be at all along the line of civilian fraining or education the boy in- tends to follow. He should complete kis education at his own expense,, as in the years before this war,| or should get experience in chosen trade or work or business. | Then, that acquired knowledge can | later be used in classifying him to| the government’s advantage at a| later period in his connection with | the army or navy. | A second argument, now current, is that a year of compulsory train- ing, if properly limited strictly to| military or naval traihing, will teach 18-year-old men to be sol- diers for a kind of warfare that' will be non-existent when they may be called upon to use it. A boy may waste a good part of a year of training learning things that will. Le obsolete when and i €eight or 10 or more ye may have forgotten much of the basic stuff he learned; and he'll also have to start over—to learn the rewer-type of warfare I've cited th arguments and will outline a third in my next article only to show that there is Ciscussion and room for more. You, |8 an ex-service man who has the welfare of your country deep in vour heart, should get into this with your own ideas and convic- tions. o Kathleen E. Piske, of Seattle, is staying at the Gastineau Hotel R will be oin- GIOVANETTI RELEASED Edward J. Giovanetti, who was arraigned here in U. S. District {Court yesterday, on charges of failing to deposit Postal funds when required, was late yesterday s nicest gifts . colognes and bath es- Menace, \FIRST CATCH OF SEASON LANDED ' PORT OF JUNEAU | OPA Ceilinfiri(es Paid- Are fo Be Same as During 1944 | The first fish of the 1945 fishing season landed today at the Juneau Cold Storage Company. Seven hali- | buters brought in 67,000 pounds of “black cod (sable fish) from the | banks. Of this amount Alaska Coast | Pisheries bought 6000 pounds from the Explorer, 12,000 pounds from the Valiant, 8000 pounds from the Arden, 13,000 pounds from the Oceanic. New England Fish Company, W O. Carlson, buyer, purchased 6000 {pounds from the Dixon, 14,000 |pounds from the Fremont and 8000 !pounds from the Addington. | The sable fishing season opened {March 16, several of the hoats not {leaving for the banks until about la week ago. | Prices paid for the first sable |fish landed were the OPA ceiling |price of 9!: cefits per pound for |dressed fish of all sizes as landed at the port of Juneau. This is the |same price as was paid last year | Prices for halibut, the OPA said, \will also be the same as last year /Chicks and heavies will bring 12'. cents per pound and mediums 13% |cents per pound. These prices are ;also the same as last year. R SIXTEEN DRAFTEES - FROM WRANGELL, SITKA IN JUNEAU Sixteen men from Wrangell and Sitka are now in Juneau awaiting transportation to Fort Richardson for induction into the United States Army. They are on vacation for the next few days with the local draft board taking care of their meals and hotel rooms. Wrangell men are the following: Valentine H. Ferguson, Frahk W. Jones, Francis L. Perry, Richard L. Rinehart, Andrew W. Dyapoff, Howard L. Benjamin, Thorvald A. i Skulstad, Odd B. Sundberg, Sidney |'T. Torgramson, Fletcher S. Sitt, !Sergie M. Borenin, James W. Rob- e !inson. umlnum " | Sitka men: Lawrence A. Parsons, Miland W. Soule,. Robert Eide, | Johtinie Joseph Anselm. Purchases . | Juneau clothier Fred Henning (has his summer’s fun planned. He Draw Flre‘recently purchased a 20-foot Chris {Craft runabout powered by a V-8 engine. He will keep the craft at Tee Harbor. White to 30.00 fid i ————- PURCHASES BOAT Cordon’s Profest Discloses | Probe of Contracts | with Canadian Firm | WASHINGTON, March 30 — The‘( Senate’s Small Business Committee | has disclosed that it is investigat- ing Govenment contracts for Can- adian Aluminum. Acting Chairman | Wherry made the announcememi after Senator Cordon had protested | to the Committee that he had) learned a new contract had been signed with the Aluminum Com- any of Canada, Ltd. Senator Cordon stated he had| been informed that Aluminum could be produced at lower cost in American plants in the Pacific Northwest, which use Government- produced power from Bonneville and Grand Coulee dams. Cordon said he understood the contract with Alcan called for delivery of 250,000,000 pounds of Aluminum, beginning July 1, at prices ranging from 13c to 15¢c a pouni—depend- ing on purity of the product. VOTEONMANPOWER BILL NOW DELAYED UNTIL NEXT WEEK WASHINGTON, March 30—Ad- ministration leaders today decided to informally postpone the final Senate vote on the Manpower Bill until next week. Privately they were less optimistic about the prospect of Senate accept- ance. . Senate forces sparred for time in | an cffort to persuade some of their absent Senators to return to the capital. The Administration appear- ed to have encountered “back row trouble.” Some junior Senators whose seats are in the rear of the cham- ber, balked at accepting the string- ent terms the bill provides, jail penalties and fines for workers or In W Pier 58 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA (ensus Bureau IsOn | Spot: Discussion Over Women Is Cause 0f It In Peace... By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON, March 30.— Now the Census Bureau is on the spot. The trouble started the other day when the bureau came out with & 265 page report on the comparative fertility of women in 1940 and 1910. The brochure has more tables than a “GI” mess hall. Not even Census’ can tell you what some of them mean, and Census is just about as vague on some of the incidental information included. For example, the whole report is baszd on the “differential fertility of women computed by the gumber of children under five years ol age.” One passage reads: “An indication of the effect of women on fertility statistics is given by a comparison of the unsmoothed figures with the smocthed figures in table number 2. The smoothed figures in this table are computed by fifth differ- e¢nce osculatory interpolation of figures on women classified by 5- year-age groups and the number of childrer® under 5 years.” Jerry Kluttz, Washington Post cclumnist who was the first news- man here to get his hands on the repoert, estimated that it “didin’t cost a cent more than $2,000,000 to publish.” Census Bureau officials hotly deny this. They contend that the cost was somewhere in the neighborhood of $2,000 and point out that this re- po: was merely a statistical by- product of the 1940 census. ‘This didn't keep Congress from getting up on its hind legs and rcaring a bit. Rep. Clarence Brown (R-Ohio) expressed the opinion that it's “asinine and outrageous that the government is wasting tne peo- ple’s meney that way when we have a shortage of paper.” Chairman Lyle H. Boren (D- Ckla.) of the Interstate Commerce subccmmittee on newsprint short- ages, said he would ask both Cen- sus and the Budget Bureau for an explanation. Until that comes in, the whole story may not be told, but some ccnsus officials already are wring- ing their hands, They need con- gressional confidence and addition- al funds to complete the farm cen- sus. Chicf cbjection to the report is not only its size, cost, etc., but obscurities. With such phrases as “demographic variables” and “oscu- latory interpolations,” the brochure goes beyond Noah Webster. For instance, it refers frequently to “wife of head of a private house- hcld” According to Census, this category ‘‘comprises married women who were wives of heads of private households but does not include all married women with husbands pres- | eft, since some were wives of mem-| household other than were not in private bers of the the head, or households. Incicentally, too, the “limited edi- | tion” of this report (1,000 copies) is already gobbled up, so don't be writ- ing Census for it. is doubtful. SWANSON-MAGILL | NUPTIALS TODAY, Miss Enid O. Swanson and Mr. Frederick H. Magill, botii of Peters- burg, were scheduled to be married at 4 o'clock this aiternoon, af the Methodist Chapel, by the Rev. Robert Treat. Miss Swanson is a nurse in the Petersburg Hospital and Mr. Magill is captain of a cannery tender at that fishing center. e el e o 00 o o . WEATHER REPORT (U. S. 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