The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 25, 1946, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Dml y Altlslm Em plre pt Sunday by the President " Vice-President Editor and Manager Managing Editor Business Manager D WILLIAM R. CARTER ELMER A. FRIEND ALFRED office in Ju ond Tlass Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by earrier in Junean and Douglas for $1.50 per month, months, $8.00; one year, §15.00 il, postage paid, at the following rates: advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, in advance, $1.50 confer a favor of any failure or irreg Gntered in the Post $7.50; if they will promptly notify the Business Offic of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. 5 OCIATED PRESS d Press is exc itled to the use for « dispatches credited to it or not other aper and also the local news published MEMBER OF ASS( republicatior wise credited herein ‘NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Kewspapers, 1411 e Senttle, Wash arity in the delivery | It i very probable that some !up next month during the special session, Stop Th\ l‘lmll\hn(‘\\ (Seattle Post Intelligencer) Washington, D. C., not Seattle, is th capital” of the world today. It is the “salmcn ca 'find gathered the harassed e al” & ~nd worried representa- tives of a score or more packing firms that have made y the highly pro- ! the Alaska canned salmon indust ductive and efficient regional asset it is. These representatives are in the {instead of tending to their business | they want to be sure they will still have a business to !tend to at home. They are there because Harold L. Ickes, Secretary nation's capital of the Interior until his spectacular resignation a few days ago, served notice on them that in his opinion | they had grown too big for their pants and he intended | reducing them to size. . As an instrument to reverse the natural processes | of Industrial growth the ex-Secretary chose to propose a regulation limiting to 20 the number of fish traps any single packer could operate in Alaska waters, | such traps be reduced to 10, | INDUSTRY THREAT With “Honest” Harold Ickes out of the picture, the chances that the Interior Department’s move to limit the number of f traps any one company can operate will succeed are not as good as they were a month ago. Nevertheless, the hearing now being conducted in Washington still is a threat to Alaska’s largest industry ~nd even if the Department decides to drop the matter in Washington, it will be picked up here next week when the special session of the Territorial Leg- islature begins. If one large company had a monopoly on the fish traps in Alaska the present hearing would make some serise. But the only “crime” the trap owners seem to have committed is that they have expanded until they have become large operators—much to the benefit of Alaska. As a spokesman for the industry pointed out last week, Governor of Alaska Ernest Henry Gruening, and others in the Interior Department, are responsible for creating the false impression that there is a monopoly on fish traps in Alaska. During the last session of the Legislature, the Governor tried to sell this to the Territory’s law- makers by sponsoring a bill which would have limited the number of traps owned by any one company by levying excessive taxes. The bill was killed mainly because enough legislators figured that this was the same thing as depriving owners of their rightful prop- erty without due process of law. the United Maurice Milligan, trict Attorney old friend The Washingfon Merry-Go-Round | LA (Continued /rom Page One) | not *all crease was being threshed out in the courts. | tice. That is PENGERGAST BRIBE The company which had most at | However, when | operators. States—was who convicted Ninety-six Senators, however, are supposed | spots. At least a majority are sup- | posed to have a statesmanlike ap- [ proach to appoinuments to high of- what Senate confirmation is for. He further proposed that by 1950 the number of What this means you easily can know that several of the big ckers in | operate upward of 50 traps and many more operate ! well over the limil of 10 Ickes wants ultimately to impose. The ex-Secretary was gracious enough to inform the industry it would be given a hearing before the Interior Department applied the as The hearing commenced yesterday. The fact that Ickes stepped out as department head before it commenced is of little consequence. The Ickes point of vie that anything big in industry is inimical to the public interest, per se—long has been shared by a clique of extremists in his de- partment. They may be depended upon to press that point of view unless confronted at the top with a drastic change in the department's attitude There is no issue of monopoly involved. Ickes has presented no evidence that bigness in the industry has operated in restraint of trade or against the public interest. L The fact is that there is no monopoly in Alaska salmon packing operations. There are at least five or packers operating more than 20 traps and no one at all familiar with the industry will question the competition that has- sorved to prevent any single operator, or group of operators, from dominating the Alaska salmon catch or its distribution Virtually all of the larger not so large, have grown throughout acquisition of trap sites. Their crime seems that they have grown Should the Ickes philosophy—and it is philosophy —prevail, these packers would be severely damaged. But, what is even more important, the efficient ex- ploitation of a great natural asset, in the public interest, indubitably would suffer as a consequence. There is no question at all that the salmon industry should be regulated in the interest of con- servation. But it is quite another matter to attempt to estroy large operators simply because they are large cperators, and others the years by legal to be to fire The $2,000,000000 worth of Nazi the U. S. Dis- gold found in Germany by former his Lieut. Comdr. Joel Fisher of the Coast Guard has been quietly trans- ferred to vaults' in the United States. Dynamic Bill Kittrell, Sam Rayburn’s friend, is being of- fered the Collcctor of Customs job in Dallas, Texus . Bob Nathan, now boasting 4 new mustache, will become a paid consultant for the Democratic National Committee. . . Trust-buster Wendell Berge has to have blind the system of the current vice similar bill ‘will crop “salmon e there you will at home because see when you Alaska | Mrs. Claia Ludwig H. R. Sprague Har:y Simms Kathleen George Mrs.” John Blewett Florence Folger M. Ethel Klein Mrs. Guy F. Stevens . Georeina Whaley e e e e o 000000 0 Ol e HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” e TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26 HEART AND HOME A wave of gratitude will sweep {the homes of the nation within a few months, gratitude for deliver- ance of loved ones which is the answer to prayers momentarily for- gotten. The stars warn that wo- men combining business careers with home management should take stock of their physical resources and manage to have a daily per- iod of relaxation. BUSINESS AFFAIRS Profit sharing in one form or an- will be announced by many arge business firms in a wide- spread move to improve relations Letween employees and employers Pension plans will be put into ef- fect by organizations which hither- to frowned on such systems. NATIONAL ISSUES Renewied anti-strike !legislation debates will soon get under way. Steps will be taken to compel labor groups to live up to no-strike pledges. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS A controversy that will find its way to the first pages of news- papers all over the world is expect- ed to draw an important statement from Vatican City. Alleged pamp- ering of German prisoners of war during the recent conflict will have repercussions in the South in an unexpected form. Persons whose birthdate this is are promised by the stars: A year of prograss in both family and busi- ness interests and happy turns if unpleasant problems of long stand- ing. Children born on this day will en- joy rugged health and have happy dispositions. They will be activer ly curious about things they do not understand and will not be satisfief, with half-answers. 1 (co RIGHT, 1946) i THIS MAN'S RAYVY FARRAGUT, Idaho — The \la\y has discovered there's a hosiery | other lof the Juneau Lumber Mills was an associate of Ferguson in the Fair- MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25 1946 from THE EMPIRE FEBRUARY 25, 1926 R. F. Lewis, President of the Juncau Water Company, was a recent i in Juneau, coming here cn business with the city in connection with his company. Mrs. A. Garn and her daughter, Miss Emma, arrived from Ketchikan for a month's visit with friends in Douglas. They were the house guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Cashel of Treadwell. George Anderson, of the Anderson Music Shop, returned to Juneau from a business trip south. R. W. Ferguson, part owner of the Rutherford sawmill of Fairbanks, was a passenger on the Alameda enroute to Seward. Roy Rutherford banks mill. The first show of Alaska raised flowers ever held in Juneau was held yesterday afterncon at the Juneau Florists Shop when a public display was made of the beautiful and varied spring flowers raised in florists’ greenhouse on Glacier Highway. Mrs. H. A. Brown, manager {he store, and J. P. Anderson, who operated the greenhouse, prescnted' lower to each lady who attended the show. ‘ Thomas Jefferson Selby, Gateway, was a passenger on the steamer the States. the son of the ‘former publisher of the Seward Victoria in port, enroute to lowest, 39 Weather: Highest, 44 W-ww-»mu-,”,« s Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpox S WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: We INTRODUCE persons who are| equals, and PRESENT one to a superior, whether it be a king, a celebrity, or a woman guest of honor. = OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Stupid. Pronounce the U as in UNIT, | not stoo-pid. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Culinary; one L and ARY. SYNONYMS: Flexible, elastic, plastic, pliant, pliable, ductile. % 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: | malleable, | IMPETUOSITY; action characterized by sudden vehemence. “The two voung girls met, and flew into each other's arms with that impetuosity‘i which distinguishes the behavior of young ladies."—Thackeray. WMM, MODFRN ETIQUETTE Xoperra rEe | | | | | Q. Should the “house party” A. No; the prover words are Q. When a girl is not of age, is it all right for her to extend an< invitation to her home? | A. Until the girl is of age, it is better that her mother do so. | Q. How should one eat an apple at the table? A. A small silver fruit knife is usually provided. Cut the apple into quarters, then convey is to the mouth with the fingers. e | be used in an inyitation? week-end” or “a few days.” P e A C. GORDON { LOOK and LEAR 1. Which is conceded by authorities to be the most dangerous ! sport? | . What are the names of the time zones in the United States? | 3. From what animal is ambergris, used in making perfume, ob- tained? 4. 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Wendt shortage— stake in this nine-million- dol]ar‘l"es‘de“‘ of the company which A new order at Farragut Naval kitty was the Home Insurance Co., |Paid Boss Pendergast his heaviest tion of a knife which is named after him? 5. Where in Africa is the oldest existing Christian sect? just finished a new book called ‘Dawn of the West,” to be publish- Jones-Stevens Shop of which George Allen is now \’ic(“m’“‘e came up for appointment to president. Its shore was $737,389.31 Naturally it was anxious to get this | little nest egg returned to the com- 1 pany’s treasury rather than go back | to the policy holders. S0 a deal was finally worked out between the ccmpanies whereby Boss Pendergast was to receive a bribe of $750,000. In return, the court suit was to be compromised, the fire insurance companies getting 80 per cent of the nine million, the policy holders getting only 20 per cent. First instali of the Pender- gast bribe was $100,000, and it was pcnied up by 14 different com- panies. But, since Home Insurance had the largest amount at stake, it sent more than any other com- pany—$15,000. Later, the fire insur- ance companizs kicked in a total of $330,000 to Pendergast, but be- fore they couid pay the cntirc 3750,000, the ¢ probe was started and he bal- anc he 1 cur's and b con d in urance, in desper- of friends, made George vice president. Allen was WPA Administrator with t @ I 10 ernment prebe gast was finally that Hor ate necd Allen a 4 form cat asset—close connec- on. George, who is a very frank and likeable person, Goesn't claim to know anything about insurance, but le does know plenty about getting into the Executive mansion at al- most any hour of the day or night GEORGE ALLEN SITS PRETTY Following this, the fire insuran compantes, including Home Insur- ance, were incdicted by the Justice Department for violating the Anti- Trust Act. However, the insurance lobby, including George Allen, puashed legislation through the House of Reniesentatives exempt- ing insurance companies from the Anti-Trust Aci. Thanks to highly skillful lobby the Justice De- partment fin; compremised the case. ~ieanwhile, Home Insurance and other companies operating in Mis- seuri did not zo to jail. Tom Pen- dergast served his time, but not the insurance executives who shell- ed out $330,000 and were willing to »ay up to $750,000. Harry - Truman, of course, has such a blind-spot regarding Pen- cergast that one of the first things ne did after becoming President of | nections, | enough. Others will be discussed in talents. But he | ]‘me of the mest powerful economic | jobs in Government, all but one Democrat—Fuilbright of Arkansas— vlindly followed ihe leader. As a directos of the RFC, George Allen is now in a position where he can promote Government loans to insurance companies or to other firms which owe money to insur- ance companies. It certainly pays to be a charming host at dinner. Note — Insurance,«of course, is| ornly one of Geurge's corporate con- though it should be tuture columns. +RRY-GO-ROUND Postmaster General Bob Hanne- gan may res'gn as Chairman of the Democratic Party much sooner than anyone thinks. He is in worse need of a rest than Truman . Democratic National Headquarters at the Mayflower Hotel has large posters warning employees to pay their income tax by March 15th. The Trumanites a taking no cilances. . . Cninese Ambassador Wei Tao-ming will retire from the diplomatic corps soon to become Mayor of Shaughai. Ex-Sgt. Max Novack, who wrote the “What's Your Problem?” column for Yank Magazine, has joined Tom Clark’s staft at the Justice De- partment as an expert veter- ans’ affairs. Norman J. O. Makin, Australian delegate to the UNO Security Council, will become Australian Mirister to Washir .Dr. Herbert Evatt, Australia’s Foreign Minister, will be that coun- try's permaneut Security Council delegate. . American Ambassador Yugoslavia Richard Patterson his eyes on the job of U. S iscter tc Canada . Jimmy Byrnes and Henry Wallace have lined up against Fred Vinson and Marriner Eccles on the issu more foreign loans. Vinsor Eccles are opposed to large loans after the British loan Congress. Walluce and Byrt insistent that the U. S. must countries like France and get rehabilitated CAPITAL CHAFF Adm. Royal Ingersoll im Congressmen as being one most straightforward witr ‘he entire Pearl Harbor investiga- tion. The American Smel: and Refining Company is now plan- ning to enter the aluminum field in corapetition with ALCOA, Reynold's Metals and Henry Kaiser victory for free competition on has Min- foreign of sses a real ed this spring National Committee’s Bill has been drawir GOP's new ne publican News”. chief tub-thumper cpaper, “The aelson’s columi, ‘Dispelling Fog,” to lash back at criticism (COPYRIGHT, BELL SYNDICATE, INC. 1946) — - e e 0 s w0 vo e TIDE TABLE FEBRUARY 26 tide 3:42 am, tide 9 am., tide 16:50 p.m., tide 23:28 p.m., 11 Low High Low High 638 ft. 132 ft 25 ft. 7 ft. fe®es 00 o0, Crossword Puzzle ACROSS . Genus of the of cloth Ahead . Alarm whistle leshy fruit Pennsylvania lake port . Topaz hum- . Mexican Indian . Related by blood . Make over . Gleams . Novel “Hie, Incooked nging volce Zealand trive or clan . New . Alack 9. Wander . Electrical unit . Edible tuber . Smooth . Thickness Paradise Masculine name . Perform 6. Ship's record Rl Ll = . E | [ En EEE = HELEE REEK [ 1 [ ] [&Y ] 7 HAEEE | w . The Republican Murphy blood with the Re- . Sam O'Neill for Bob Han- negan, has revived Charlie Mich- the opposition 7. Black and biue 8. Woolly surface haec, —' center authorizes Waves to wear | slacks as an “optional uniform.” | The concession was credited to| the hosiery shortage which has bhared Wave legs in violation of a Navy order listing stockings as| a necessary part of official uni-/| forms. | Lo S ! THUMBS UP! 1 WORCESTER, England—A major and a private who each lost his right thumb in the fighting in ® Germany had the index finger of ® the same hand transferred to the ® position of the missing thumb. The e rare and difficult operations, re- e storing the soldiers’ grip, was per- e formed at the Ministry of Pe e Hospital at Ronkswood, near here. e BLA(,K ¥ AR} PIE|T| Al (uivii o1 VIO TINA Bphot GCaR [AIXILIE] AL EEDD I!~ [LILENEINAITE] EEG IDIO/G[ES] Sulution Of Saturday's Puzzle . pat keys C!ollnl musical . Send oat 4. 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