The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 6, 1945, Page 3

MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 194 SEN. Jouusou; IS DEAD IN WASHINGTON | | Veteran (alifornia Law- maker Passes Away at Age of 79 : (Continued from Page One) | Johnson, who served as Governor of California from 1910 until his election to Congress six years later described himsclf as a “Progressive Rcpublican.” | Hiram Warren Johnson cut his own political path across partisan lines for more than a generation— beginning with the Governorship of California and followed by his clec- tion. to. the United States Senate, five successive times. Called “President hater” by some, he did not see eye to eye with any, President from Taft on, even though he supported each of thend at times. Californians responded with over- whelming approval. He became such a powerful political figure that he repeatedly won nomination by demceratic, republican and progres- sive parties, regardless of which was dominant in his state or the nation. Twice Deserted GOP { Although he became dean of re- publican senators in point of ser- vice, he openly deserted his party” cn two cccasions—the first time to “stand at Armageddon” as vice- presidential nominece with Theodore Rcosavelt and the Bull Moosers in 1912; the recond time in 1932 when he campaigned for Mr. Roosevelt. Throughtout his career he prese- vered in a nationalistic outlook, op- posing with fiery zeal every measure which he regarded as lik2ly to draw America into European politics. ‘To him, Europe was a good place to keep away from. He stood in the front rank of that famous group of senate “irreconcilables” who band- cd to defeat President Wilson's League of Nations covenant. Again, he teamea with Senator William E. Borah in 1935 to oppose propcsed American adherence to the world court and administer to Mr. Roosevelt his first major congress- ional defeat in the field of foreign affairs. If there was a consuming ambition in Hiram Johnson's life it was said to be the Presidency. Strangely encugh he kept both himself and another—so it was asserted—out of that high office. Offered the vice-presidential nom- ination on the republican ticket with ‘Warren G. Harding in 1920, he re- fused. Calvin Coolidge accepted and became president when Harding died in office. | The Hughes “Slight” Four years earlier, the famous “slight” of Johnson by Charles Ev- ans Hughes, when the latter was campaigning in California as the republican presidential nominee, was accounted by many as having cost Hughes the election. Califor- nia went for Wilson by 3,806 votes, while Johnson was elected senator by the greatest mdjority in the his- tory of the state up to that time. Johnson's political creed was em- bodied in his statement of why he broke with Herbert Hoover in 1932. “For many. years, in the politics of this nation,” he said, “two dis- tinet political philosophies have constantly clashed, and in the pres- ent economic crisis these two con- flicting philosophies stand out the cne against the other in bold relief. On the one hand is the progressive, cn the other the ultra-conservative. “I am a progressive republican; Mr. Hoover is not. He has justly carned the title of ultra-conserva- tive. two may be described in a general- ization, and could be particularized in a hundred acts of the existing national administration. “The progressive, thinks in terms f§ of human beings; the standpatter has little thought or concern for them.” , Among his accomplishments in congress, was co-authorship of the Swing-Johnson act, which made pos- sible the gigantic Boulder dam. More than that, however, his admirers be- lieved he would wish to be remem- bered for the reforms in government which marked his tenure of the gov- ernorship of California. California Accomplishments Written into the state’s: constitu- tion at his behest were "provisions for the initiative, referendum and recall; the direct primary, woman suffrage and the wiping out of na- tional party lines in municipal and county elections. Under him, %oo, California took the lead in legislat- | ing for working men’s compensation, limiting hours of work for women, creating a state marketing depart- ment, protecting investors in lands, mines and oil, regulating railroads and public utilities and in prison re- form. | Born at Sacramento, Calif, on ‘September 2, 1866, he entered politics | in 1910, winning the Governorship in that year. He was reelected in| 1914 and had served two years of his second term when he won a senate seat in 1916. He was returned in 1922, 1928, 1934 and 1940. ‘ He was married at Sacramento to | Miss Minnie McNeal. They had two‘ sons, Hiram, Jr., and Major Archi- bald McNeal Johnson, a world wu[ veteran who committed suicide in 1933, 5 D e | VETERAN o THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA 4 5" GUIDE By MAJOR THOMAS M. NIAL e et WASHINGTON — The House of Roprosentatives’ DPostwar Military Pclicy Committee has endorsed uni- | vorsal military training, but it didn't appreve any particular form of legis- lation—it just went on record as reccmmending that Congress enact some law to put a peacetime mili- tary training plan in force. Now, the House Military Affairs Committee will take over to hold hearings on proposed measures and decide what bill in what form if any shall be presented to the House. The hearings will follow the summer re- cess Aside from the things which affect cach service man and ex-service manemode on- 1 in connection with his own p al future, there is likely no b question that interests him 1 then what his country is going do about the military problem I bappen to have some detailed infcrmation that to my knowledge hasn't reccived any publicity and that's of interest to veterans as well as men still in the service. It.ought to intergst everyone. But, as the after-din spefker said, L begin I want to say someth I'm not arguing for or against universal training—T'll leave that to you. Ncw, then pieces of legislation under consi ation, is called the national milita aining act. It specifies training all.able-bodied men when they 1 to The Navy De- prepared its own the War Depart- already prep plans. I want to report on. Department says there ing in the minds of that a continuous y training isn't nec- a three or accom- | |and today have sowr JGJ Lons of | dreaded fire and demolition bombs jon Japanese cities in warning to | the people of Japan to surrender un- | conditionally. They have burned out approxi- mately 160 square miles of war pro- partment may way, but I ment ha That's what The W was L rtain year of mili ary and th four month program could y veter n see that the peo- ) hese groups can’t have grasp- cd complexity of training for It isn't a replace- program the War De- ent plans to use should univer- {raining be accepted by team training. Vet- 1 the distine- understand nit ¢ will the War De- it took us months to organize and N ur After that we could train a man as a replacement into a veteran unit Even the replacement had to get nteen weeks of ning, plus ap- ix more weeks in depots, red a ve n unit at Global W oints ¢ to it one of the principal { ment claims, » needed for to have veteran are we'll going aining. need reach the age of 18, or within four t years thereafter. A year of mili- tary or naval training ident shall prescrib: Well, naturally, if t DUCKHUNTING HERE TO OPEN WASHINGTON of Interior Ickes the 1945 waterfo tions. Ecsides continuing the last s 80-day limit, despite many reques on, Ickes re- turned the daily bag limit on most ducks to ten. Last year hunters were allowed an extra five The regulations established the season for waterfowl as Sept Northern zone, Oct. 13 in the intermediate zone and Nov. 2 in the southern zone. Fer Alaska, in fur disfrict 1 and 3 (as dfined in the reguations con- cerning the taking of game in Alaska adopted May 15, 1944) Sept. 21 to Dec. 9; in the remainder of Alaska, Sept. 1'to Nov. 19. Aug. 6—Secretary today annou vl hunting regula- season. at The Alaska Game Commission office here today defined fur dis- trict one as Southeast Alaska, GiANT WARSHIPS NOW SHELLIN The difference between the § to nt what it you bow the ures on using training plans i1 ar Dop e 52 week 1 lik tm: fig start September 21. Dis- consists of the Aleu- tian Islands, the Alaska Peninsula north to Aniakchak, the shoreline of Shelikof Strait and the Kodiak- Afo group. The season the 5 in Southeast Alaska. on is the <o BOMBS HIT CHILDREN SAY JAD N Fk- O, Aug. 6 hty per cent of the vietims of American Superfortress raids on secondary Japanese cities are wo- men and children, the Japanese omplained in a broadcast which charged attacks are be- carried out or the sole pur- pose of massacring as many inno- cent civilians as possible.” The broadcast, by the Japanese | Domei news agency, made no men- | tion of the fact that leaflets warn- ing the population in advance of the raids were bein® s by the Twentieth Bomber Command. GJ N NT the H.M.S. “KING GEORGE V.” 680 PLANES 'HITENEMY ~ WARPLANTS Spread Fire and Destruic- tion Over Wide Nip- pon Areas (Continued from Page One) ducing cities since the first fire mm;.’\h-mu-rmnmn. especially Pantel- gathered at the pier to meet the; h 3 trees lining the main scorched and dead. new=st series of incen- been pre- cn Tckyo M Even the street were | While the diary raids has always coded by flez to safety, their was told bluntly in a single sentence in General Spaatz’ communique, which, reporting on the record raid of August 2, said: ‘First photograph available - on results of the B-29 strike in the carly hours August 2 ow that the industrial area of Toyama was to- tally destroyed.” Toyama, with a population of 127,- 000, was the third largest city on Honshu fronting the Japan Sea, end had the empire’s largest alum- inum plant, T Japanese radio acknowledged re attacks as announced by the U. 5. Strategic Air Forces Headquarters at Guam and added that B-20s also 1 the Honshu cities of Osaka, i and Shibukawa. Later today, Tokyo radio report- cd, a small force of Superforts raid- ed Hiroshima, about 20 miles north- vest of Kure on Honshu, dropping bcth incendiaries and explosive bombs. Returning crewmen said they set ring fires in the pre-dawn dark- in the cities of Imabari and . both of which had received warning notices only yester- ; and Nishinomiya-Mikage and Macbishi, both of which were warn- ed last Tuesday of impending de- struction. BROPHY, FOSTER VISIT S.E. TOWNS|: AIlrairs Commissioner William Brophy, accompanied by Alaska Native Service Director Don C. Foster, returned to Juneau by “plane yesterday, following a trip to the Westward, Bethel and Nome They were with the Congressional Appropriatiens group on a visit to | Fort Raymond, Seward, Saturday. Brophy and Foster today were to leave on an inspection trip to Southeast Alaska native , villages, to end at Annette Island on ‘Augus! 11, from where Brophy will ireturn to the States. AP HOMELAND | Incan PLAYING KEY lOI.fS in the blasting of enemy war industriés located along the coast of Japan are the glant battleships U.S.S. “Iowa” (top) and H.M.S. warships, shown here as they were fired in maneuvers, Mito, and at other points along the Honshu coast above Tokyo are reported to ) . “King George V.” (bottom). Huge sixteen-inch guns aboard the have wrecked targets at Hitachi, (International) | |Russia Bids warnings to civilians to! effectiveness | \ 1 ~ For Halian ~ Possessions | | | Stalin Opeflay for En- fry of Mediterran- ean Sphere WASHINGTON, Aug. 6-General-' ~ |issimo Stalin opened the door at Aznar, ¢! Potsdam for Russia’s possible em- the United States, left the liner |ergence as a Mediterranean power. | Focal point for | will be disposition of Italy’s | { Diplomatic reports received here say that “Italian islands in the leria, will constitute a storm center of considerably greater political ignificance than the former Axis partner’s North African colonies. | Russia moved openly for a voice in Mediterranean affairs some weeks ago with a request, later granted, for Soviet participation in a scheduled conference to restore Spanish-eccupied Tangiers to in- ternational status. Tangiers is di- rectly opposite Gibraltar at the Western Gateway to the Mediter- ranean. sia also has shown a steadily sing interest in the previously -dominated European sea with Soviet demands for renegotia- {tion of the Dardanelles’ interna- |tional administration and of her imvm,\ with Turkey. | Officials here acquainted with ;:,uvh matters say Soviet interest in |the ~western Mediterranean = was | made more evident at Potsdam. | - CONGRESSMEN DERAILED ON ALASKAR. R. ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 6 -— Rep. Ben Jensen (R-JTowa) received |a cut on the leg and three other members of the House Sub-Com- mittee on Appropriations were shaken and bruised -Saturday when special three-car train taking them to Seward was derailed a mile from its destination. Jensen was the only one of the group needing medical attention, Others in the party were Reps. Jed Johnson (D-Okla), Sub-Committee Chairman; Michael J. Kirwan (D-Ohio); Henry Dworshak, (R- Idaho); William Brophy, Commis- sioner of Indian Affairs; Robert Coote, General Land Office; Don | Foster, Superintendent of the Al- aska Native Service; Willlam Du- vall, Sub-Committee Secretary, and Col. O. F, Ohlson, General Man- ager of the Alaska Railroad. Several Alaskans also were aboard. Ohlson sald suggestions that a switch had been tampered with would be investigated. ' The mishap delayed, but did not force cancellation, of an enter- tainment scheduled for the party at Seward. | Rep. John J. Rooney (D-N.Y.),' fifth member of the sub-commit- tee now holding a series of hear- ings in the Territory, avoided the cxcitement when he elected to re- main in Anchorage for the day. I BRYSON INFANT | DIES SUDDENLY The infant son of Mr. and Mrs, George Bryson died suddenly this morning at their home in the Waynor Tract at the age of eight mom,hs..l-le was the grandson of Mrs. Mabel Hopkins, and great- grandson of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Bathe. | Funeral arrangements will be an- nounced later, pending word from the child’s father, who is out with the fishing fleet at present. I — e MEDLEY IN JUNEAU Edward F. Medley, of Seattle, is a guest at the Baranof Hotel. MINISTER T0 SPAIN IN STATES Franco Official Misses ' Demonstration Crowd on Arrival PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 6-—Manuel new Spanish Minister to Marques de Comillas at Marcus future discussion Hook Saturday night and proceeded | theran one- incognito to Washington, Spanish|Eugene, Ore., has been serving the | time possessions. | Consulate officials here announced.|local church during the absence A group of more than 100 march- ers bearing anti-Franco placards ship. Police said the group repre- sented the American Committee for Spanish Freedom. When the Marques de Comillas touched at Havana recently, Aznar remained aboard ship on the dd- vice of Cuban authorities because a large crowd gathered in an anti- Franco demonstration. UNREST IN MADRID, Aug. 6 SPAIN Informed sources expressed belief today that | & group of Spanish military leaders would “request” Generalissimo Francisco Franco to surrender the reins of Spanish Gevernment to Prince Don Juan, exiled pretender to the Spanish throne. The group was reported already 1o have asked Franco's “patriotic participation” in its program pro- (viding for a national referendum cn the question of restoration of the monarchy. D Lutheran Ladies Meeting Tuesday The Ladies Aid Society of Resurrection Lutheran Church is | extending a cordial invitation to | members and friends of the con- | gregation to attend a gathering in |the church parlors tomorrow even- ing at 8 o'clock honoring the Rev land Mrs. J. L. Sawyer and daugh- I ter. Rev. Sawyer, President of the Pacific Synod of the United Lu- Church and Pastor at the of Rev. Hillerman and family. - LINGUISTS f CHICAGO, — Chicago poucemen‘ feel the lack of a knowledge of Chinese writing. 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