The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 28, 1946, Page 4

company sign a contract with them allowing them to work the boats or else they will not unload and will picket the Canadian steamers The Canadian company, which can secure all of | the tourist passengers it can handle whether or not |the vessels stop at Juneau, has indicated that it will simply skip Juneau as a port of call since the ships —— - — | derive little revenue from docking at Juneau the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class MAtter. | qpis would mean a loss of thousands of dollars Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.50 per monthi |each month by Juneau businessmen who depend upon six months, $8.00; one year, $15.00 : By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: | the tourist trade, and the loss of wages to many work- ing men who make their living from the services and pleasures demanded by tourists. One year, in advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; sne month, in advance, $1.50. | The company has agreed to pay the same scale That is : 3 Alaska Empire every evening except Sunday by the MPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska AELEN TROY MONSEN - DOROTHY TROY [,éN.’iO - President - Vice-President Editor and Manager Managing Editor Business Manager Entered Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery ©f their pepers. Telephones: News Office, 602 | {for dock work as the American companies. not in dispute So if the longshoremen insist on the company meeting their demand in total it will mean a setback of no small consequence to this community and in turn to the longshoremen who will have less work and the many working men — cab and bus drivers, truck clerks and and the like. Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS ed Press is exclusively d to the use for credited to it or not other- o the local news published The Assoch plication o edited in this pape ATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 E Seattle, Wash, other drivers, salesmen this is one instance where the longshoremen in to the company without very much loss and gair. a vast amount of good will from the people of Juneau by using their We Juneau suggest that can give power wisely The Cost to Labor (Washington Post) The Ford Motor Company estimates that its em- ployees have lost more than 237 million dolla in wages since September 1 through enforced work stoppages. And they are still losing, because all the | Ford plants are closed down and the company has no | idea when it will be able to resume operations. These Alaska is no exception, | figures are particularly arresting, because Ford em- It | ployees have not been on strike at any time during Their idleness has been chiefly halt the wheels of nationwide industry. It can close caused by strikes in plants supplying Ford with parts, dawn and ruin large businesses and small. Labor is in {by the steel strike, by the coa} strike, and the rail a position to make great gains for the laboring man freight embargo resiting from the coal strike 4 i We have fallen into a loose habit of talking as and to do great injury to business and thé public. lit the 1 L P of strikes had to be borne by a vague But we believe that labor has not grown up to the entity called “the public,” set apart in some un- which such power entails. In other eyplained fashion from workers who belong to labor words, labor not always used this new POWer upjons. The plight of the Ford workers is a reminder wisely |that the millions of men and women who belong to Most of the demands of labor for better working I1dbor unions constitute a sizable fraction of the public | and bear a disproportionately large share of the cost But there are also times when such demands are not Of strikes, for enforced shutdowns of plants causs justified and it is then that the ill use of power :ltdli‘l):?‘ldlk](:‘gS‘SES of employment to nonstrikers as arouses the public wrath ugainst th? .labor movement. 3 ‘l:he )\A\‘alkuu.t of railway engineers and trainmen The enemies of labor are in a position to make the |, 41reqdy brought about the closing of many estab- most of such isolated mistakes. The result is a grow- | jishments, throwing their employees temporarily out ine, demand upon the Congress of the United States of jobs. If long continued, it will bring about a state to pass legislation clipping the wings of labor organiza- | of joblessness unparalleled in the history of the tions, requiring them by law to accept responsibilities. country. And even if the rail strike should be settled s ity |shortly failure to keep the coal miners at work would e eonilienge ot the pRple i t.m. gy, of force millions of other wage earners to remain idle. jabor to meet the challenge of leadershoip is lessening | 1, counting up the cost of strikes, therefore, workers all the time. {may well begin to wonder whether the gains resulting That is why we say labor must use its POWer | from them are worth the price that has to be paid wisely. It must not always expect to win every de- |in loss of wages, not merely through direct action by mand, but should give ground on some things. | their own unions but also through the action of other Here in Juneau the whole community faces a organized groups that they cannot control or influence serious setback unless the Juneau longshoremen recede in any way. § frém a demand made against the Canadian Pacific | ; Our industrial system closely resembles a machine Railway which operates steamers to and from Alaska, | in which a breakdown of even a small part may bring & ¢ ¢ little freight the whole mechanism to a standstill. Once that fact @arrying mainly tourist passengers—little freight. lis fully realized and its social and economic implica- The company, we are fold, will not sign agree- tions are understood, we believe that organized labor ments with dockworkers in foreign ports, one of which | will be less eager to employ the strike as a weapon 4&"Juneau. It has also been the practice in the past | of coercion. for the sailors on the Canadian boats to “work the | _— hoats” in the unloading of a little freight and baggage j Shakespeare was wonderful. He undoubtedly fore- Aand mail, while the Juneau longshoremen work on the ’snw the modern crooners. Otherwise, how can we ex- docks. This gives the Canadian sailors overtime pay 1p]ain the lines in “The Winter's Tale” affirming: which brings their total pay per voyage up nearer that | “I love a ballad, but even too well; if it be doleful received by American seamen. matter, merrily set down, or a very pleasant thing Now the Juneau longshoremen demand that the 'indeed, and sung lamentably”? 3 POWER W today, and In Jabor is stronger than it has ever been in history is in control both economically and politically. It can !the period mentionel. America responsibility has conditions, fair wages and hours have been justified. re ihe Washingfon Meny-Go-g@gd (Continued from Page One) | went like asked Big Four named Andrei Vyshinsky, | Byrnes: | Gladwyn Jebb of Great Britain, “What's ‘this I hear about you and Ben Cohen of the State De- | Americans enlarging all your air- partment as members of the Com- :Iields in Italy? Could you be plan- mission to investigate disposal of | ning to pull something of a per- Italian colonies. | manent nature there?” - Byrnes merely smiled and said: “What's this I hear about the new Red Army air bases in Bul- | garia? Were you Russians planmng‘ to settle down and stay there in- definitely?” “Where did you hear that?” ask- this. Molotov Washington’s Shoreham Hotel which was OK'd by the CPA on the shallow grounds that the added| 250 rooms were needed to promotc‘ “foreign relations.” | Gillan pointed out that it might | have been smarter for CPA to di- vert bathtubs, bricks, and other DESERTS “GRAND OLD PARTY” When fiery Representative Char- lie LaFollette of Indiana announc- Party but could not join the Demo- ratic Party because of some of its ed Molotov. v - building essentials into building| .o ol b i s ;"9";?“5» it was too much for homes for veterans, inasmuch as| - S(;m_;::’”e- yrnes, “we Lave R:gé;"'T;‘U;IP_ iRthl‘?cE;Latl:\:eJoun yisiting diplomats already enjoy a 90453 5 1 of Mississippi. Rankin cor- jaguine diy ol ooy “Weil,” replied Molctcv, “I rectly guessed that LaFollette re- high priority on Washington hotel accommodations. “We have plenty of bathtubs,” wouldn't believe every rumor you|ferred to him. hear about what's happening in our| So the gentleman from Missis- area.” sippi took th 5 g i replied Small, “and a new type of | “In that case,” Bymes snapped 4 S oth T mnon-essential flooring matgm}l for‘nack‘ “don't believe everything you the Shoreham which won’t Inter-inear about what is happening in fere with construction shortages.” |,ur zone.” i Before veterans' spokesmen could| This conversation gave birth to‘ ACROSS 34. By pin him dewn on the number of|further discussion which finally led| 1. Strike gently 5. Central female essential housing items going into to the important agreement to eva-| 4. Seasoning herb character 3 E i | * | 38. Elevation of the Shorehem annex, including cuate all foreign troops from Italy i [ land: abbr. bricks, the CPA boss announced and Bulgaria. | 3' note 39. Oriental com= i . cintment w ! 13. Heather mander i e L it prith 4 | 1k Uncle Tom's 41. Sea bird the Secretary of War and ended GETTING BEVIN'S GOAT | i pet 42, M]nd oath s e 4 i ¢ | 15. Spike of cereal 4. Theory that al the conference. In the same discussion, Molotov| jg. s}'.,o:‘fl :,,:fa ‘up::ge is {turned to British Foreign Minister| . o shining = e i 3 ? : | 1. ic sea a o (,Ed’l‘Tl G THE POP]A = Bevin and asked if, while the issue 6 18. &sc-.\u\ere'?i1 " 46. M\;sw;\l 7 Administrator Paul orter | of ev. o tr " i 7 rubbisl nstrumen : il evacuating troops was unaer dis-| g pench 47. River: Spanish was oeing quizzed by Senator Ho- | cussion, the British might not like n the back 48, Seasons Head covering 50. Feminine name fmer Capehart, the Indiana “music- | to talk about evacuating thejr 57, Rasar box master,” regasding the renewal | 000 troops from Greece. sharpener 2 of price control “That's none of your damned! 2% Tiose Who run 57, Pertaining to #We don't want to destroy price| business,” snapped Bevin. i marry Mars gontrol,” said the Senator from In-| Note — Some observers wished r\llul;ié?;l:m“ 59. Epoch dlana. “We just want to reform it| ihat Secretary Byrnes had support-| 33. Understand 80 it will work. I don't see why you|ed Molotov in urging that the Bri-| fellows don't co-operate.” |tish Army be withdrawn from _;“Senator,” replied Porter, “you Greece. If so, there might have remind me of the fisherman who!keen results. i had just pulled in a whopper and!| g}n said to the fish, ‘Hold still.| PARIS NEWS BLACKOUT not going to hurt you, I just| Here’s what happened behind |cloesed doors in Paris during the — | fight which led to the Big Four HORSE-TRADING AT PARIS |news blackout. | ii.Becretary Byrnes' cabled reports British Foreign Minister Bevin o President Truman regarding the first proposed the blackout. Secre- want to gut you a little bit.” Big Four Conference have been tary Byrnes protested. He pointed Feasonably optimistic. Both the out that he had to keep the Ameri- Russians and Byrnes seem willing can people informed of what he did 0 do a little horse-trading. In fact,/in Paris, and he warned that ‘it was horse-trading that brought everything would leak out sooner or t the arrangement to evacuate later anyway. Boviet troops frob Bulgaria. Bevin, however, said flatly that (#One victory Byrnes scored was on if Britain was to get together with the evacuation of Soviet troops!the other three powers on Trieste, from Bulgaria. Here’s how it hap- the negotiations would have to be pened behind closed doors in Pal-}secret. So, reluctantly, Byrnes is. |agreed to ending the news leaks on | yiThe entire Ttalian question was|what is happening at the Confer- | deing thrashed out, and the con-|ence. | "rsauon between the two men Note—At the same meeting, me‘ I8 ed he was leaving the Republican | Crossword Puzzle FRIDAY, JUNE 28, T94 e e e e e B 20 YEARS AGO 7%'n empire JUNE 28, 1926 { | | . JUNE 28 . Nick Grandsma, an employee of the Mendenhall Dairy, was seriously s E. E. NINNIS ® ! injured when trampled by cne of the dairy’s bulls and was taken to St. Mrs. Laurel McKecknie ® ' Ann’s Hospital. . Fred Sorri, Jr. . LI ® Gordon Wahto & 7. 8. Jeffrey, traveling man, was at the Gastineau Hotel. . Grace Kauffmann . 8 W » . Mrs. Maxine Clifton " 5 4 . Leona Raymond Miss Hildur Levida L:f]dgxen. the Swedish Nightingale, was to open ° Stella Fawcett o | an engagement at the Coliseum. . R. M. Kendall . i s . Mrs. Elsie Lang Chief Deputy U. S. Marshal Elmer E. Reed returned from Hyder . e | where he had been on official business. e o o o o o 0o o 0 o e - B S T | Malcolm Morrison, day messenger at the U. S. Cable Office, was | making the round trip to Sitka on the Estebeth and Clarence Dunn, night messenger, was doing double duty. The U. S. S. Surveyor, of the Geodetic Survey, was taking on fuel l'at the Alaska Juneau dock preparatory to returning to Lituya Bay. HOROSCOPE “The stars incline but do not compel” Two steamers were due from the south—the Alaska and Princess | Louise. = SATURDAY, JUNE 29 HEART AND HOME Weather report: High, 57; low, 54; rain. This should be a favorable day geeeeeccccr e o e e s s s for breaking off with old and un-; 3 it i Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpox ; profitable habits, 1d beginning ) new habits that promise increased | ¢fficiency and satisfaction in daily! living. Some will find it beneficial | “== to put their aims and ideals in a WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “We have some celebrities written record by which they Ay in our midst” Say, “We have some celebrities AMONG US.” from time to time, check their pro-; opTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Fragile. Pronounce fraj-il, A as in Ll BUSINESS AFFAIRS ‘AT. I as in ILL unstressed. The stars warn against a negative, OFTEN MISSPELLED: Hiccup, or hiccough. defeatist attitude which may re- SYNONYMS: Motionless, stationary, still, inert, immovable. sult from the confusion, interrup- | WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us tions and delays which have beset increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: business since the end of the war.' BEAU MONDE (French); the world of fashion; high society. (Pro-| and pessimism are by 10 pnounce bo mond, first O as in NO. second O as in ON, accent last word. nonymous terms; the real- wrpe gajeties of the beau monde are less marked during the Lenten Realis] means ist may also be an optimist, and " season. the confident expectation of good i is a far healthier state of mind i R T than the chronic fear of trouble MODER by and failure. { N ETIOUET E NATIONAL ISSUES | ROBERTA LEE | There are clear signs that the |l FT ) lines of partisan politics are slowly fading and that coming elections| will be decided on the basis of Q. When a friend brings a visiting guest to one’s home and| introduces her, what is the proper greeting for one to extend? | . | issues which have little or nothing A. Merely say, “I am very glad to see you, Mrs. Thompson.” to do with party alliances. | Q. What should a person do when he has made some blunder at| INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS | the table? | A,g: it is not necessary for two A. Pass it by without comment or apology unless, of course, it has | families to occupy the same house jnconvenienced somecne; then make an apology quietly and quickly, | in order to live in peace with each! giihout embarrassment. e other, so is it possible for two na-| g wnen should the wedding invitations be issued? tions or two groups of nations to A. Not 1 % -2 3 " maintain harmonious relations with=4 . Not later than two weeks and not carlier than four weeks before out intimacy. Two economic worlds the wedding. or one, enduring peace is not only | S T T & | ossible, but althogether probable. | o "' e i LOOK and LEARN % ¢ oroox || Persons whose birthdate this is | {are promised by the stars: A year tof good health and contentment. Children born today will be quick- [ witted and clever with their hands,|, ~ 1. Whatis the.density of population in the United States? They should enjoy long and useful 2. What is the average life of a popular song as a hit? lives. ‘ 3. Which is known as the “most complete single food”? 1 | (Copyright, 1946) ! 4. Why is Stratford-on-Avon famous? : Ppa % . am 5. What is the lightest commercial wood in the world? | 1 LaFollette not present, to jeer at | ANSWERS: _LaFu]le!tk's statement. H 1. About 44 persons to one square mile. | “I am reminded of the old fel- 2. About eight weeks. low down in one of the southern. 3. Milk. | states whose reputation was not \hei 4. As the home of Shakespeare. {best in the world,” he said. “When | 5 Balsa, he died they inscribed on his tomb- | e—— stone this epitaph: EAT AT THE BARBEQUE “‘Hark ye, stranger passing by, ::' ;"’:m”:c;}“s; f";u‘“x‘r‘:as:‘"’t‘; L Delicious lunchecns and dinners, home-made pies and P;‘ep' s e it e cake Special barbequed spare ribs and chicken Under New Managament—DMrs. Jessie Cochrane OPEN—10 A. M. to 10 P. M Winter & Pond Bldg. { “One of his neighbors,” continued Rankin, “read this inscription and wrote these lines under it: ““To follow you I'd no consent Unless I knew which way you % i went.”” A day later, LaFollette took the Clear I:lnor to reply in his own verse: I “If I shall start a new goal to Coffee SILEX COFFEE is CLEAR and DELICIOUS! time over my And if by chance I find John Rankin behind, ¢ I'll know I'm wrong and change my mind.” 1 (COPYRIGHT, BELL SYNDICATE, INC. 1946) A Choice of Models at PARSONS ELECRTIC CO. Corner Second and Seward Streets Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle DOWN Kind of shrud B ;::;:.?». BRONZE SHAFTING — STERN BEARINGS — PROPELLORS apista Tesimso swiwe || GIRAY MARINE ENGINES 4 La : SALES and SERVICE 2 | . . o nilfion | Juneau Welding and Machine Shop 8. l'\:‘xl-lxhlc‘ lamp: ez ot e i = = ‘?IA ;l;u‘l:il.:;c'“m } . Baking | . oiSfon s » | J. R. HOPE city coin 1S Inv 0 our gues . 41, Furngrowr » Present this coupon to the box office of the 25. 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