The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 19, 1946, Page 4

jthcugh members from the Fjrst Division, who have given their word to support the Green-Shattuck Bill and are united on the measure this year, may gather enough support to push the bill through ! | We are quite certain that the Senate will not pass “Edttor ao hiesident | 4 substitute Workmen'’s Compensation Bill proposed phisnaging Bditor by Rep. Warren Taylor, setting up a territorial ind - | trial insurance plan, and professing to have all of the good qualities*of the Green-Shattuck Bill. And if the 50 per month: Taylor gang succeeds in scuttling the Green-Shattuck Bill in the House again this year, labor will have to | wait until next session. While we believe too many bills have been intro- duced for this short 30-day session, we also believe that much has been accomplished at the half-way mark, and it is curicus that so much progres. legislation has originated in the so-called “reactionary laska Empire PRINTING COMPANY Streets. Juneau, Alaska President N . 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MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRE: The Associnted Press is exclucively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to It or not other- and also the local news published wise credited in this pape o g A g Senate. i NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 A P R T TR X Fourth Avenue Bidg., Seattle, Wash { Let’s End the Run-Around | (Army Times) | | While Congress wrangles over Cabinet appoint- | ments, foreign loans, filibusters and investigations, vet- | | erans continue to get the run-around on housing, jobs and education. It's a sorry mess and it isn't getting any better and 90 per cent of it is the fault of Congr: | Two crusading women, one & member of Congress and the other a wealthy Washington socialite, foc ’di | attention this week on the need for a little more | consideration from Congress concerning the plight of | | the veterans. { | Soclalite Evalyn Walsh McLean began a lpnper campaign with full-page advertisements on two | different days in all of Washington's papers demanding i | that Congress make available to veterans the mam- | moth government-cwned surplus housing projects ! which now are up for sale G e S | Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers, M | Yesterday marked the end of the half-way mark ' lican, immediately announced that she would (mm‘ in the extracrdinary session of the Seventeenth Leg- |and introduce legislation to accorhplish Mrs. McLean's | islature, and also the last day for the introduction of 8im. & ! bills. A total of 32 bills were introduced in the Senate | Introducing legislation is not passing it, however, | and 64 in the House. More probably will come in under and Congress, even when it exerts itself to pass a law affecting veterans, wraps it up in so much red tape and a suspénsion of the rules. *Both Houses have the rest | geoorgtes it with so many meaningless words that it | of this week to pass their bills and send them to each | often works to the disadvantage,of the veteran—rather other, March 23 being the deadline for the transmis- |than to his benefit as the lawmakers so loudly boast | sion of measures fiom one house to the other. | Congress passed the law which governs the sale of The health legislation seems to be rolling ahead | SurPlus housing projects, but in doing so it specifically - " B six of the huge government-owned hous- without much trouble. The main bill, appropriating | ¢Xempted all six of the, $250,000 for tuberculosis care, already is ow, and minos | In8 Projects in the District of Columbia and all war . : 4 § 9 housing. Thus, until Congress acts, veterans cannot health measures have been passed by the Senate and | buy such projects as McLean Gardens, the 724-family should receive the same treatment in the House. | development which the Amvets have been seeking as As for the Veterans' Bill—that's another thing. | a cooperative venture. is quite likely that just what the Governor warned of | Congress also guve the veterans a vague and in- in his message to the Legislature will happen—the bill definite preference cn the purchase of all surplus prop- may be lost in a squabble over the method of raising | °TtY but 80 tied up that preference that little of that practical and immediate way of raising the necessary | (ends beyond the problem of housing. Mrs. McLean revenue is the so-called “sales tax” earmarked for the | prought up a good point when she said: | veterans cnly, and to be automatically repealed when | “We can give billions to Europe, but we can't, that debt is satisfied. The House, on the other hand, apparently, take a chance on a few millions to back seems Just as firmly convinced that the passage of the ; our boys. We could so easily give them a 20-year lease veterans’ bill with the “sales tax” included will really | OP the different government-owned houses through- turn the Territory upside down. While we believe out the United States, and if lh.ey can’t m“k(' good in these fears are exaggerated, that’s the way matters that time our government won'k g0 roke stand, d arently will p % Army Times is not opposed to foreign loans, nr to B nd apisRs iy (Wi conMos Ksmnd. feeding some of Europe’s starved. But let's spread 2 The Senate will probably pass the revised Work- | jjptle of our goodwill here at home by giving some men's Compensation Act today, and that, too, will | consideration to those who made it possible for us to probably have some tough sledding in the House, al- | emerge frem a costly war into a prosperou o hathy news- ! HALF-WAY MARK assachusetts Repub- | ’Schayesleh. is kept busy, not uflDmnaskmos was appointed Regent cvading the Maryland police or‘uf Greece. | snubbing the White House, but in|(COPYRIGHT, BELL SYNDICATE, INC. 1946) The Washihqlon Merry-Go-Round cooperating with the State Depart-! VIl e, % o .. —_— ment to preévent his country’'s en-|® © © © 6 © o o » 0 9 0 o (Continued from Page One) | velopment by Soviet Russia. |e K TIDE TABLE ANTI-HOUSING LOBBY | MARCH 20 they will not go out and look for another war. “And neither will we. This coun- fry is no more anxious to go to war than Russia. Our losses are great, and we want no more. Cer- tainly the American people do not want to get involved in a war in tide 3:24 a.m., 17.5 ft. tide 9:38 a.m., -0.4 ft. tide 15:44 p.m,, 16.0 ft. tide 21:44 p.m., 1.0 ft. High Most powerful lobby singe mei. Low war threw itself into the battle to| ® defeat the Wyatt Housing Program | e for veterans. Every Congressman re- ceived wires, phone calls, letters|e® from builders, lumber dealers, real-|® ® ¢ o © o ® ¢ ¢ ¢ o o sy 'HOLY TRINITY 70 which there can be no end but the| Many telegrams were phony, as aestruction of the greater part of | several Congressmen discovered e whrid when they tried to answer them.| HAVE DEVOTIONS “Atom bombs or no atom bombs,” | Others were signed with the names | the Chief of Staff continued, Uf People who later assured mem- wED"ESDAY NIGHT bers of Congress that they had not seen or sent the wires. These tactics of course, have been used before. The prize telegram, however, was one sent to all Congressmen from the St. Paul-Minneapolis area by the Northwestern Flooring and Lumber Company, of which V. H. “war still means knocking out the opposing armies and establishing control over ecivilian populations. We saw what happened to the finest armies the world has ever seen. If we tried to conquer Rus-| sia there's no telling when we'd be Continuing the series of Lenten devotions the Church of the Holy Trinity, Episcopal, Fourth and Gold Streets, will hold an evening ser- vice with address by the Rector, the |Rev. W. Robert Webb, on Wednes- able wveslablmh ourselves on lRus- ‘Albaits. s ‘President day night at 8 o'clock. The pub- B by once e i wad: e i : g lic is cordially invited to attend faced with years of slogging| After urging that tne veterans' i . - - {these services. through Siberia. lhousmg program be defeated, the| z S lumber company had the gall to | “We have nothing to gain to! aqq: s ¥ ! DRINK KING BLACK LAB MARCH 19 . John Cass Dorothy White Mrs. D. M. Smith Aurora Lefebvre A. M. Daniels Mrs. Sylvia Metcalfe R. M. Laughlin Alice M. Stuart Michael Kelly . @0 s 0000 00 000 - (e e ooy { HOROSCOPE | “The stars incline but do not compel” e e WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20 HEART AND HOME “Applied religion” is a term that will be understcod and respected in many homes this year. and its distressing consequences have been responsible for the ever increasing number of persons who |have come to see that a religion must be lived, not merely talked about. BUSINESS AFFAIRS Government activities designed to provide greater quantities of food- stuffs for export to nations in need will call for a radical revision of plans by American farmers. NATIONAL ISSUES The advantages and disadvan- tages of price control will be de- bated for months to come with re- sponsible individuals and agencies on both sides of the argument Some control will continue in ef- fect throughout the year. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS A former resident ofthis coun- try, now under arrest in Germany as a suspected Nazi agent, will meet the same fate as other Hitler- ite war criminals. . § Persons whose birthdate this is are promised by the stars: A year of contentment and substantial ma- terial gains. Children born on this day will be progressive in their ideas, studious, gererous and successful ght, 1946) Couple Club Has Fellowship Feed ' Wednesday Night The Couple Club of the Northern Light Presbyterian Church will hold their covered dish fellowship dinner meeting at 6:30 p. m. in the dining room of the Church on Wednesday of this week. The menu committee will be Mr and Mrs. Roland B. Burrows, Mr and Mrs. Walter Butts, and Rev. and Mrs. Willis R. Booth. The Program Committee will be Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Van Sandt and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Allen. | Members not yet contacted by the committee on menu are re- quested to phone any member of the committee. DOBBINS RIGHTS EUGENE, Ore.—G. K. Carpenter who parked in the busy downtown area of this city of over 20,000, wa surprised to find a parking ticke on his car. He was even more surprised when he found out why. That section was reserved for horses. - e - DRINK KING BLACK LABILL! start with” concluded Eisenhower,| “plegse also exert your efforts to “and would have nothing left when T | oppose a standing vote on these is- | - yrial |sues. R Crossword Puzzle b <L vt { In other words, the Northwestern | FROM PERSIA TO IRAN { Flcoring and Lumber Company not | Pult up Time is a changer «f many. nly urged its Congressmen to vote | H el things. And t rought sreat| ggainst the veterans but also op- garment changes in the «,‘{ cnz diplo- posed a vote which would let lhoi ‘};; Article Diminished r matic - mis R Lingion—the puplic know how each Congress- | Legaticn of Iran { man voted. " 40. Spare time 1t was just 10 years ago that the! Note One—The American Legion | LLaRp e o e 5 he was then, ;g the Veterans of Foreign Wars | 8. /Dochipied & fdlied—was arrested in Elkton, Md. | aid not go to bat for the Veterans | " end lrd away handeuffed by the yousing Bill. Some volerans charge , A% Thinly Mer; la Minister Ghaffar pag this was because of real-es- " scaltered Small spars Mar Tr: ¥hin Djalal had been speeding. Su‘ tate interest in the hierarchy /0,‘ g Mountain ridge 5 1 % P alal’ ite P i v g hf;‘“ podame Djalal's “white spitz, | the two organizations. The Amvets, | 25 Help - 1 who resisted arrest even more vol- on the other hand, went to bat ' 6. Venders it measure ubly. ! vigorous | 51 oman date ot e i y. ! 58, Weight Becretary of State Hull apolo-! Note Two—One Congressman who Water gized for the arrest, but the Shahi was deluged with telegrams from @ Variety of Persia, u.'.lm)v)a:‘l‘ withdrew his | ;pout every real-estate and lumber e Minister from Washington. He even |company in his state was John went to the extreme length of or-| apurdock of Arizona, who neverthe- dering his Minister not to attendjecs vigorously supported the vet- | any function at the White House opang 3 | Conclusion Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle DOWN 2. Architectural 1. Labor for pier breath . Curtains of fire Ascend . Wagers . Childish prior to his departure. The si- | cent of the United States, he de creed, did not have the proper respect for Persian sovereignty The State Department wasnot too tnhappy about Minister Djalal's departure, for he had been a gen- CHURCHILL ON GREECE U. 8. officials just returned from . Greece told the following story on | Winston Churchill while the ex- Prime Minister was in Washington. About a year ago when Churchill | | | eral pain in the neck, having once protested publication in the Wash- ington Star that the Shah of Per- #i8 “had risen from the ranks,” and having protested publication in the ggica.go Tribune that Madame Djalal had ' replaced her Persian gervants with English butlers. 8o, for many years the Persian Legation remained dark. The Shah did not like us, and that was that We did not miss the Shah’s envoy at all. Today, however, thé United Smtesv is the chief hope of Iran, and the Tranian Minister, able Mohammed] visited Athens, he said to British | | Ambassador Leeper: “Tell me about | this man Damaskinos. Would you . Landed properties . Artificial waterway ng bird Form [ Contradicts I d e him as a scheming, medi- eval prelate?” | Churchill was referring to Arch-| bishop Damaskinos of Greece. Af- Winglike ter a moment’s thought, Leeper 1eplied Diminish “I have never thought of it in o RERINALY, exactly those terms, but I suppose hire . " | . Pretense you would. Horseback hockey ‘Fine, fine,” answered Churchill. ,“That’s just the scrt of man we! want.” 3 Shortly afterward, Archbishop % Alu-llenl'G!eek city. . English school Dispatch THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA The war | TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1946 20 YEARS AGO T%'s mmpire MARCH 19, 1926 [ A resolution proposing the sale of the Alaska Railroad had been introduced in Congress by Senator King, (D.) of Utah, who said: “The coner the government gets out of business, the better it will be for business and the government,” according to a report from Washington G. R. Terrell, brother of Mi Violet Terrell, proprietor of the Smart Appearance Beauty Shop, had arrived in Juneau and planned to spend several months here. i Among passengers for Juneau on the southbound steamer Victoria |from the westward were Mr. and Mrs R. C. Wakelin, L. M. Carrigan, | sam Shucklin, Hawley Sterling, and Frank McCafferty. | Gray Tillie had accepted the position of purser on the passenger ! boat ebeth, succeeding Robert Ccughlin, who had taken a position as {clerk in the local U. 8. Post Office. ! The officials for the municipal election to be held April 6 were to be appointed at tonight's council meeting, Mayor J. J. Connors annonesd. natter of the cost and construction of a concrete street at the ction of Franklin and Front streets was also to be brought up. A public caucus was held last night in Douglas, resulting in 30 didates being neminated for the eight city positions, including seven cil jobs and a school director. Weather: Highest, 43; lowest, 39 PSS it s Daily Lessons in English %/, 1. corpox || bttt} rain. WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I came nearly winning the game.” Say, “I came NEAR winning the game.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Bronchial. Pronounce brong-ki-al, O in ON, I as in IT, A unstressed, accent first syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Nucleus. Chbserve the EU. | SYNONYMS: Scope, range, length, extent, margin, latitude. | 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: LACERATE (verb); to rend, tear, mangle. (Pronounce first syllable LASS; | accent first syllable.) “The flesh was lacerated.” PO D | MODERN ETIQUETTE 3 as ROBERTA LEE e ettt ettt et e Q. What rules of dress applies to 2 man who escorts kind of entertainment? A. He should always apply his costume to whatever the girl is going | to wear. If she is in evening dress, he might feel embarrassed if he wore | a business suit. Q. From which side should a waitress hand a guest a dish, from which the guest must serve nimself? : From the left, so that the guest may veniently. | Q. Is it home of the hostess than in a restaurant? A. Yes. 3 mm”"‘“""’"”'“‘"—s { { LOOK and LEARN Ijx‘l’.c. 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