The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 17, 1946, Page 4

PAGE FOUR D(ul ly Alaska Em plre to force the Senate to act on House bills on the Se calendar. The Veterans' NI\]] in Alaska Board will be one of the most pow- ING ‘0‘""“ Its members will be custodians of a Second and Main Alaska HELEN TROY MONSEN - - - President $3,500,000 fund to be loaned or paid in bonuses accord- DOROTHY TROY LINGO - - Vice-President e CAR = T . . ‘Editor and Manager Ing to the rules they draw up. | naging Editor We hope the Board does not follow a policy now Business Manager being expounded by the Because if it does, it will endanger the fund and the continued existence ;‘;’::fl' 50 ver month; of the fund when the Legislature meets Fovernor. Second Class Matter. 1 the Post Office in Juneau SUBSCRIPTION RA' welivered by carrier in Juneau and Doul T next year six months, §5.00; one ye 4 By mail. postage paid. at the following rates The Governor recently declared: “It is more ne vea d! 8 hs, dv ., $7.50; . o soo e gear.in UavAce, STE00;"six months, n sB¥Aate important for the board td see that every veteran Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify receives the benefits to which he is entitled than to the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery of their papers. worry about the loans being repaid.” It would be a short life for the fund, indeed, if Telephones: Ne magde wholesale without ainy thought of them s Office. 602: Business Office, 374 loans w EMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS res xclusively entitled to the use for ws dispatches credited to it or not other- being repaid. The loans should be made only after o i s paper and also the local news published tne poard is convinced by the applicant that he. has - < a sound investment—and for the veteran's own good NATIONAL REPRESENIATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 131 Seaitle, Wash. d won’'t have-to but the veterans as well as the Territor: The boa worry about the loans being repaid will. Let's don't try to tell the veteran he is getting Fourth Avenue Bldz s, something for nothing when he applies for a loan Campaign Contributions (Washington Post) ! Political campaign contributions are again wor: ing many conscientious legislators and citizens as result of the Pauley affair. A correspondent whose letter we published recently suggests that individuals as well as labor unions and corporations be forbidden | to contribute to any political party and that campaigns be financed by a direct allowance of 10 cents per registered voter to each party from the Federal Treas- ury. We agree that, in theory, this plan has much to commend it. But in practice we fear it would not, work out any better than previous efforts to curb the ad. | influence of money on elections have done o If Congress should forbid individual contributions to the national party organizations, persons eager to help a candidate to win would give their funds to State and local party organizations. Since local and national eampaigns are closely linked together in most a VETERANS" LOANS We understand that the board which will minister the making of loans and the payment bonuses to Alaska veterans will be set up shortly by the Governor, who stated in Anchorage recently that THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—]UNEAU, ALASKA e — T Y S T AT e WhDNESDAY APRIL 17, 1946 wmwmmm 20 YEARS AGO 7% THE EMPIRE APRIL 17, 1926 J.J L(,unu\ reelected Mayor, and Councilmen G | e = >~ F. Freeburger, A ° APRIL 17 ._‘ o Katherine Hooker e ! F. McKinnon, Gunner Ingman, Robert Simpson, Theodor Heyder and ° Mrs. John P. Monagie, ® Warren Wilson, held their first meeti: heard the annual reports and o Cecelin Thibodeau ® elected J. A. Davis, City Clerk and Magistrate; ®John Reck, Treasurer; ® F. D. Carlton ® James McCloskey, Chief of Police; Olaf Torkelson, Street Foreman; J. L ¥ DEE "Fhoms ® ' Gray, Fire Chief; J. M. Davis, Jack Kearney and Waino Hendrickson, o M Claire Mcbonald & |Whartingers at the City Dock. 5 Mo I DaTen e o] “The Toreadors” Spanish Operetta, was presented in Elks' Hall by s e 0 e e e e o0 0 0 e o the Juneau Public Schools to a capacity audience. Among the members e ‘01 the large cast were Evelyn Judson, Alma Weil, Walter Heisel, Jackson e e e S e s Rice, Marvin Chase, Arthur Judson, Irene Lundstrom, Grace Vi n DA\ s, Grace and Gladys Naghel, Elizabeth Pullen, Winnifred Carlson, H 0 R 0 S C 0 P E ‘m irles Whyte, Esther Davis, Agnes Pademeister, Margaret Kiloh, Dagney rup, Charles Femmer, Elsie Jensen, Mabel Sturrock. “The stars incline RO bu[ do not ('ompel" “Op o' Me Thumb” was the Senior play presented at the Liberty L Jorg Theatre in Douglas the previous night and among those in the cast were Aili Kromquist, Beth Anderson, Helen Hewitt, Daisy Vesoja, Eliza- 1 Fraser, Douglas Gray, Mar; THURSDAY, APRIL 18 4 Mecgitt, Alex Gair, Gordon Gray, HEART AND HOME This is a good day to clear and Douglas Durham. the The Yukon was enroute north and among.Juneau passengers were bocks of overdue correspondence, so- cial and business; and equally fav- ! Mrs. J. C. Hayes, Kenneth and Mildred Webster, H. L. Redlingshafer orable for efforts at reconciliation.'and Mrs. M. Saum. BUSINESS AFFAIRS . AP T Ay Fears of another war in the near The public was invited to inspec. we first Ou-O-Mati. installed unfounded and business view to future & in Ju jjustments made ; The annual baseball game between the Bachelors and Benedicts was u, at the office of (he Juneau-Douglas Telephone Company. with a adapting to the possibility of a {resh outbreak of violence among to be played the next day with Keaton and Barragar battery for the nations within the next few years! Bachelors and Selim Jackson and Bob Coughlin for the Benedicts. is needlessly wasted energy. USRI NATIONAL ISSUES i Yespite the delays in converting D l L E l h and x‘.'mn"ortmg. American indus-' | a' Y eSSOHS m ng |S W L. GORDON try is still leading the world pro-|} [ o o i i) he was to make appointments soon. & s ¥ cession and there is no indication States, the impossibility of preventing the use of |~ =™ 5 7 3 ¥ o It scems unfortunate to us that the veterans, local contributions for the benefit of national candi- |!Iat any other ot L B0 008 L themselves could not have had more to say about who dates is patent. This became evident when Congress clude .”1: wi a}i_p!")a( ; 'n chocolate cake. I am very FOND of chocolate cake” is preferable. ‘tive capacity for many years OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Delinquent. Pronounce de-ling-kwent, the administrators would be. When the idea for the bill was first put cento paper by Senator N. R. Walker of Ketchikan, the proposal called for the appoint- ment of the board members by the veterans them- selves, but apparently the means of attaining this more desirable end was too complicated to put into law. So instead the matter of appointment was left up to the chief executive At the same time, however, the Senate, realizing | Who might wish to seek a political nomination put a proviso would be an open invitation to crackpots as well as @ to hundreds of other citizens who may be qualified | for public office. If use of public funds were granted as to final elections and denied as to primaries, | however, the South would properly raise a furor over But the bill was tied up in a joint House-Senate |the discrimination. conference comniittee so long that by the time it We hope that Congress will go far as practicable came out it was the last day of the session, and to in minimizing the use of money to infiuence elections. 1 safeguard against the possibility that appointments One step it could take would be to limit the lotal] would not be made before the session ended, which 4mount that any one individual or family co\:fld sive a : 4 to any and all partiec. That would make it more was what happened, the final bill previded for interim k o g difficult for a wealthy man to give $10,000 to each of appointments—members serving until confirmed or re- | several political organizations working to the same jected by the Legislature. lend. Means should also be found to prohibit the Members of the Senate committee claimed the | diversion to political campaigns of funds contributed | for other purposes. The practice of the CIO in turning committee 5 rmé WhS so ‘that the Governor would | over union funds to its PAC for political purposes is| just as vicious as the similar use of stockholders’ e ®:res nana. jo apgolatr anyons she desied to‘moncy by corporations. Congress must tackle this the board without answering to the Legislature until| jropien and the sooner the better, but we do not think ! 1947. One House committee member claimed, hOW- jt can be accomplished by substituting Federal allow- ever, that the bill was held as a club over the Senate | ances for mdm(l\m] cnnmbutww limited the expenditure of any national party to three million dollars a year under the Hatch Act. Con-| tributors conveniently split their gifts between national ! and State organizations, and the purpose of the law was thwarted. Another difficulty would arise with regard to pri- mary elections, which, in the South, record the effective | choice of the voters. Obviously the Government r‘(hl(l’ not undertake to finance the primary of every (m/ull That | | the importance of such appointments, in the bill which said that the members of the boar had to be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Legislature before they could serve. reason the House committee members held the bill in The Washmglon Merry-Go-Round (Continued from Page One) distributing lines. Congressmen Ben Jensen of Towa, Henry Dworshak of 2 Idaho, Robert Jones of Ohio, and NO ARMY RACE PREJUDICE |W. F. Norrell of Arkansas were | A Negro former master sergeant the gentlemen reported to have |in the army, Marion F. Green, tes- fallen for the wiles of the lobby. —_ | tified before General Doolittle's However, when the bill comes out discussed at Geneva, instead of | caste system” board the other on the floor of Congres Sam New York, the Russians figure, it | day, that there was little evidence Rayburp, together with the Dean; never would have attracted S0 |of racial prejudices and diserim- of Congress, Adolph Sabath of Il- much attention and the SOViel:manxn in the army. When General linois, and Charles Savage of | Germany would be almost unbear- | able. |the United States, thappy experiences during the year 1 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS There need be no uneasiness con- cerning the future of the World Bank. As long as it is backed by it will function and adequately serve the ends for which it eated. In this insti tution Russia, which holds that re- ving is more blessad than giving, will either share the responsibility or be denied the benzfits. Persons whose birthdate arc promised by-the stars: [not de-lin-kwent. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Symmetry: two M'’s. SYNONYMS: Herald (noun), harbinger, messenger, for: WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is your increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each'day. Today's word: GREGARIOUS; having the habit of associating” in' flocks, herds, or (Pronounce the E as in ME, A as in CARE, accent second Man is a gregarious creature, often preferring the crowded uty to the open country.” this is Many climaxed by an exceptionally joyful event. L HATES o Children born today will have i ’ g 4 . From which side the chair s P S cutstanding talents and should labl?’ ich side of the chair should a person seat himself at the know the full meaning of success tefore middle life. (Copyright! 1946) A. From either side. It seems more convenient for } person to pull out the chair with the right hand. a righthand asked when he could see the prints t0 the sidewalk? of the pictures. A. No. A “Our orders were simply to take Q. Should a girl smoke in the home of an older woman who she them,” one of the photographers knows disapproves of women smoking? would have come off with a com- | eglittle inquired about this, Ser- Washington, plans to stage a real plete victory. ur,m,, Green replied: Lattle. T el % “Colored soldiers found some re-| It will be interesting to see whe- AMERICAN INHOSPITALITY | o) ihont against them when they | ther Rayburn's Democratic friends The Russians have on excellent | first joined the army, but this was vote in public as some of them did talking point to bolster their argu- quickly ironed out after a few in secret. mwent, inadvertantly handed them months of training. In February, by residents of Connecticut and!jg44 we had some fights and riots, REPUBLICANS TAKE PHOTOS New York City—the inhospitality ile I was stationed at Camp, Representative George Outland (me?” of some Americans. | Livingstone, Louisiana. However, by of Santa Barbara, California, one The howls of protest which went|the time we finished training, ev-| ©0f the most effective of the young- up from Connecticut citizens was' eryhody was getting along fine. I;er Democrats in the House, spent like a dash of cold water in the | encountered racial bias what- nalf an hour last week posing for face of United Nations delegates eyer overseas.” photographs sent by the National and gave the Russians a heaven-i mpe ¢ . also suggested that Committee, As the photographers no sent talking point in favor of Gen-!galuting of officers be optional | Were preparing to loave. Outland eva. Likewise the inhospitality of|when enlisted men are off duty |~ PN TR George N. Shuster, President )°f and off the post, to which Lieut. Hunter College, has played right Gen. Troy Middleton, now an ex-| C P I into Russian hands. Prior to U.N. ecutive of Louisiana State Univer- rOSSWO! uzzie. occupation, President Shuster had gty countere Wouldn't npnmml‘ ; not been using his buildings for sauting such as you propose tend: H:,iklo"s_?m“‘ 3 + some time, but despite that, he has (o tear down disciplin 1o Y 28, been moaning and grosning that «Not necessarily, General,” replied ! 4. Roman road ge he wants them back in order {0 Green, “If a man does something! ¥ u‘\l:‘ui‘f\led lunlm 32. f{nmmr u;e s T sl s L | £ ie Budd 33. Long teet set up a housekeepiny department ¢, merit respect, he will get that scriptures 31, Attempt for his lady studenis, apparently respect whether hc i a civilian or: % [‘mhpul:::l S Lot real i 1t UN. fails to gp army offic 13. Kecp e . of the world, his st it Bl scter 1o lady students will have little OP- Many © Congressmen will vote 15 Ny T The Iaerle ; gy . Wagnerian ueen v o’k house. against dynamic speaker Sam Ray- i Be oine, a2, Fu‘?h i NI : . | 17. Be carrie 43, Prevalent & sillusioned U.N.[burn in a secret committee session. | iy’ rocomotive 45, One named w Yorkers don't seem reil zte but don’'t have the nerve to stand! . driver _ after another fo reallze that war inconveniences| up and oppose him on the floor of ! I SIale positively 4. Feminine name people.. To some extent, so does,the House. Very soon, however, discord Hindu cymbals f i : 22. Gnawing 2. Made the first 5 peace."t Democrats who have fallen for the animal drive at golf rper R beguiling promises of the glant| 24 Style of archi- £3. Only JEWS IN GERMANY power lobby are going to face the! g Kirdly, mild-mannered Ben Co- lattér test. | hen, Counselor of the State De- Sam Rayburn really has fire in partment was approached by & del- his eye when he talks about the egation of ‘American Jewish lead- power lobby. And today that lobby | ers to ask his help for more than ranks with the real estate button- 100,000 Jewish refugees in Ger- helers as one of the most potent on many who are still unable to find permanent homes. They wanted Cohen to help them migrate to the Capitol Hill, has even gone to the extent of dangling nylons before the wives of Congressmen in order ! United States and other countries. to win votes against the govern- Cohen expressed his great sym- ment's southwest power authoriiy pathy, but said: “I can't do it be- in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, cause I can’t use my position for and southern Missouri any personal cause. It should dim- The question at issue is whether inish my effectiveness on other (he government can construct iis matters.” jown eléctric lines to distribute The Jewish delegation replied:'clectric power from the Denison *Can you think of anything more Dam on the Texas-Oklahoma bor- effective than to rescue 100,000 der and the Norfolk, Ark., Dam hapless Jews in Europe?” Without such power lines, the gov- Cohen, however, refused to ernment merely generates the pow- budge. er but can't sell it. The power lob- ’ “~te—Chief difficulty regarding ve of Jews in Germany is hatred was so0 deeply i during a period many 1 the life of a Jew in by wants to prevent this sale. | So far, the power lobby's tech-' nique has been successful with the Appropriations sub-committee,! which knifed construction of the| | Committee.” replied. “You'd better call the A. No. Committe about prints.” I “Shall T get in touch with Sam O'Neal,” Outland asked. O'Neal is i I.O 0 K a nd [ EA R N publicity head for the Democratic, A C. GORDON National Committee. B8 “I don’t kncw any O xhx‘ e g photographer replied, you . 1. What United States city has been called “the most northern might call someone in Mr. Mur- #outhern city and the most southern northern city”? phy's office.” | 2. What and where is the Maelstrom? Outland didn’t know who Mur- 3. How many lines are there in a sonne(? phy was—but thought maybe some- 4. Across what river is the Assuan Dam? thing was wrong when he was told | 5. How many strings are there on a ukulele? Murphy was publicity head for the| ANSWERS: N‘};“"M C"“““‘“E“[h S . Cincinnati, Ohio. Nan;;a{ogomm:s::ee?"e he :T}:::“ " 2. It is a celebrated whirlpool in the Arctic Ocean, near the western “Mr. Outland, you wouldn't go { cost of Norway. to the Democrats for these pic- 3. Fourteen. . tures,” tHe photographer replied., 4. The Nile, Egypt. “William Murphy is head of publi-! 5. Four. city for the Republican National g 0 ) - ) - /GOOD FRIDAY!| .,.u.-o- - “Well, why should lhe Republi- cans want so many pictures of i Outland asked, nonplussed. “We just got orders to make pic- tures of the Republican members I of Congress,” the photographer re- plied—and hurriedly departed when % Outland explained: “But I'm not a Republican.” (COPYRIGHT, BELL SYNDICATE, INC. 1946) Isli oomless That AllYe Pass By? From twelve to three on Good Friday our Blessed Saviour hung in Agony upon the Cross—for us. How shall we spend those three most sacred hours this year? They are too sacred to spend at our usual occu- Solution of Yesterday's Puzzie 5 Ql‘a ?HFIES DOWN . B Bapw s Rank i pation unless compelled to do so by circumstances 57. Ocean Begin ! beyond our control. . Aggregatio: . t 3 c‘mc”mw;‘ There is only one way for a Christian to use these | i y Stories | three sacred hours, and that is to spend them in wor- . Gaelic ship, meditation, and prayer, in a Church, if possible; Place in differ- i i § i i AL Oroor if not, then in somé other private devotion. 4 fraues>1u.,, You are 1nv1ted to spend those hours this way. . Lt ! Welshted down . Sluggish . Any plant of the | i THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY Episcopal FOURTH AND GOLD Is Conducting a Three-Hour Service from 12:00 N. 10.3:00 P. M. on Good Friday, April 19 Service based on "The Seven Last Words of Christ by the Rev. W. Robert Webb, B.D. (NOTE: Meditations arranged so that persons may attend S for shorter periods of time, if necessary) s ) ) ) ) - . Unit of foree At liberty ‘ilaments . Afternoon 2. Frequently . Look with aporoval ) O 2 4 Y name Africh, Rose Fox, Dale Fleek, JulmI | MODERN ETIQUETTE Hhumuna vem | Q. Should you tip the doorman who lifts your bags out of the car| . The Charles W. Carter DR. E. H. KASER DENTIST BLOMGREN BUILDING Mortuary Phone 56 o Fourth and Franklin Sts. HOURS: 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. 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