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

PAGE FOUR THE DAILY ALASKA hMPIRE—JUNB\U ALASKA | a Labor Peace Formula ‘ D(uI y Alaska E m plro | P ‘H(\ every evening except Sunday by the | (Washington Post) EMPIRE PRINTING COMP. | Although several feeble attempts are now pending, and Main Street no real efforts have yet been made HELEN TRC by Congress to S e DOROTHY TROY LINGO . initiate the long-range study of an improved labor e RN 3 relations program, as recommended by President Tru- JULY 19, 1926 ELMER A. FRIEND 4 4wz o i o e 3 s he previous day, the Miners walloped the Legion by a score of ALFRED ZENGER -© =7 -7 Business Manacer | man. The gole contributions to labor legislation dur-|® ; Mo oo ey S e e e el 5 Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Secon ing this critical session of Congress, aside from the|e JULY 19 20 to 11. The rock crusl ?mu piled up sa! ell}ea, \nc.u ing a homer a i SUBSCRIPTION RAT! vetoed Case bill, are the Hobbs antiracketeering bill| e Angelo Astone . two-baggers. The Vets landed 14 safeties, including one three-bagger . et (‘:.r\mm:.':.:Jr-limrxum’-‘":"':n:'::? {‘.".:.‘ 50 per month; | |\, before the President and the unfortunate anti-|e Jounte Jorgenson ® | and four two-baggers. stage paid, & owing rates = | Petrillo Act. It would be indeed regrettable if Con-|e Anna Marie Wukich . - S 4 i s, in advance, $7.50; | gregs should recess without at least setting the wheels| o rs. T. Foote . The American Legion Dugout was to come down and all veterans or if they will promptly notify | in motion for a constructive examination of our Lelia Flenupg ® | were to turn out on Sundays and evenings doing the work until completed or irregularity in the delivery | joho) jlls. With the untold pressures loosed by the|e Emma Irwin . 318 it oMbt sptatbis 80 file (,I““FAI’ bt ]“F (”]'\ ,““b( ;lm:‘.d[::‘; x:f:{: In,(‘ : JR ‘t thvif;: :’ A lightning and thunder storm visited Juneau, a very rare incident. some er formulas for solving labor-managemen ce Sha | 3 Lol g B0t il g s o p g :;;;:; :( = 3. L. M. Townsend o [One thunder storm lasted one hour and the lightning was most vivid. P <o y entitled to the use fo asses. L. M. E 2 . fted > B ‘. e |Out at Eagle River, hail stones as large as marbles fell and in some s paper and also the news published | Such a study as the President has recommended | Vied o deuttionr ERAT s | need not and should not be a field day for anti-labor|® © ® @ ¢ » o © o e e e e |places reached a dept S, NTATIVES ka Newsp: 1411 | forces to get in their licks. Its prime purpose should i Ty O y Wash, be to inguire into improved methods of maintaining | The Juneau Elks reached Sitka, were to have initiation during the industrial peace by eliminating abuses and providing| I afternoon and stage a Purple Bubble Dance during the evening. Sitkans The proposed joint committee should have no mandate | PUDPIEN to sltack labory ssnuits R, P il ancsm it Thesiars AT Herman Guis, oldtimer of Douglas, arrived from Seattle an a visit |itself with making collective bargaining a two-way! 9y \ 3 D with his friends. |affair through revision of the Wagner Act to make but do not compel g such bargaining equally incumbent on labor it now | - ) I | : g The Douglas Cannery shipped 2,000 cases of salmon south on the |is on management. The study could well probe the question of labor’s rights and how they affect those of the people as a whole in public utility controversies It should consider how to bring about more effective mediation and fact-finding. It ought also to go over the desirability of public accounting by unions in the |same way that corporations are now required to make | their figures public. It would be foolish for Congress to shy away from {this study because of fear of arousing opposition during this election year. Intelligent labor leaders |are aware of the need for curbing abuses if labor's There seems to be a great deal of confusion con- | status is to be maintained, just as abuses by employers cerni he utilization of time savings. The state- 'have been corrected in the past. A carefully planned, ment is frequently made that many workers have used | | comprehensive diagnosi¢ of the shortcomings in our labor-management relations is the best guarantee against the excesses of hasty, undigested legislation of the kind with which the Nation has recently been afflicted WARTIME SAVINGS up their savings in connection with strikes and the unemployment which attended reconversion in some | industries. Such savings, it is stated, therefore will | not be available to finance the backlog of demand | hi¢h has been counted upon to stimulate post-war :xmnw \ctivity. In support of this statement, the | Our Wood Supplv fact that redemptions of Series E bonds have been A these develop- (Cincinnati Enquirer) America’s forests — among the nation's greatest | resources — have suffered considerably during the war. The need for wood for various purposes has been | tremendous, and the high prices which resulted prompt- savings. |ed the cutting of millions of acres of timberlands. An examination of the productive process and |However, this need not cause undue alarm, since in which purchasing power is created | cutting today is a far more scientific process than it When goods are pro- \‘Was 40 years ago. We cut mature trees now; leave | the immature .to continue their growth. This was not exceeding new sales is cited. However, ments do not indicate that savings will not be available to finance purchases of other goods. What has hap- pened is a transfer in the ownership of the available the manner will demonstrate this point. duced there is created automatically the purchasing occ | always true. The pionee: AR Jne power which normally will be used to acquire those \"‘ o he pioneer timberman knew nothing O mast savings aré used to |Of conservation; nothing of forest management. To goods. To the extent that past savings are used 10y, e forests were endless. When he worked out acquire goods currently produced, an equivalent amount | ;o section there were cthers to which he could move of purchasing power obtained out of current income |his camps. Fortunately, the United States began to will be saved. In other words, the past savings which | realize the folly of such practices before her virgin jt is now alleged have been “used up” are offset by | woodlands all were despoiled. The U. S. Forest Service new savings which represent the funds currently earn- |and hundreds of private land owners evolved gradually ed but not spent to acquire goods currently produced. |8 System which makes timber a perpetual crop, as An examination of the data for savings shows |¢OrR or “‘f“t‘ or soybeans. By protecting “brood that thus far in 1946 the total volume of savings has ‘fif:‘ff& Py ERui e ae e been increasing despite the use of some of their savings ;&\as cutting each year less lumber than her wood- by the unemployed and strikebound workers. Accord- | 1aq¢ were raising ing to the estimates of the Department of Commerce, | Shiis to b et ke 'savings during the first quarter of 1946 increased at balanced program, for an annual rate of $19,000,000,000. While this amount | timaple timber Was only half as large as the peak rate during the |tected. Evi twar, it is still substantially larger than the volume of of savings in any year prior to 1942. The only way in which the volume of wartime savings can be “used up” is by a reversal of the process by which they were created. Since these savings arose largely out of wartime deficit financing, they can be eliminated from the economy only by a budgetary surplus which | will make possible a partial retirement of outstanding Government securities The Washingfon soon can return to a it is the only way our ines resources can be permanently pro- en with the advance in popularity and us other maq , wood, so far as we know, will continue to play a vital part in our way of living Wood finds its place into millions of items—from clothing to newspapers; from kitchemware to carpets. No other matter can take its place on thousands of | jobs; in thousands of places. Wood cannot be manu- factured; it must come from Mother Nature. She will continue to supply us in plenty if we are wise enough to protect her producing plants—America’s | forests. the reputation of the rest. Congressionui system is the power That is why this column has of Committec Chairmen. Rep. May Mer 'GO'Round urged that Congressmen register as Chairman of the Military Af- Ty their busit transactions, their | fairs Commiitee can pigeonhole or _ purchases on the stock market,| pass Army legislation. That was (Continued frem Page One) their speculailons in rye, silver| why Undersecretary of War Patter- and cotton. and the chief clients of their law firms with the Secur- son trotted up to May’s office to do favors for Frie Basin and why the tains, many of whose people now regard him us something of a hero. They believe that Jack May can ities and kxchange Commission. hats literally jumped through do no wrong. Prior to Mr. May's Wall Street is now required to re- at May’s beck and call. incumbeney, his district sent a Re- | 8ister with the SEC. Every corpor- 8 : g ; : publican, John Langley to Con-|8tion is required to disclose its When this columnist was prob- major salaries to the SEC. Equally | P8 the cotton speculations of Sen- gress. He landed in jail for boot- ator Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma legging. But cven after he had been | important is the need for our leg- e Abricaltire’ Bx & b e 2 i T R oted | islators, most of whom have noth-| 2¢ Aericulture RDepartment. was convicted, Langley was re-elected 2 asked to :nvestigate the matter to Congress. And when it became N to hide lo disclose their non-| .. % = © 0 ° i e Governmert business connection: They were asked not only by me clear that Langley could not ade- J s connectlons. |y by hign-up officials in other quately repiesent his district while| Had Ccngressman May registered depzu'émvn(» Agriculture bureau- behind bars, his loyal constituents with the SEC his connection with crats, however, threw up their sent his wife to Congress instead. the mysterious Erie Basin Lumber = SATURDAY, JULY 20 HEART AND HOME Parents of {will encounter many difficulties |their efforts to warn their children against the pitfalls of unconven- tional social practices. Every gen- eratio is stranger than its |decessor. Patience is urge {stars, but not moral laxity. BUSINESS AFFAIRS Easy-money lures soon evident throughout the country many innocent persons will be in- volved in fraudulent Small, sure profits are to be prefer- red to the get-r quick opportun- ity which may the unwary. NATIONAL ISSUES A study of the nation’s agricul- tural resources is indicated. The ob- ject will ke to determine whether use is being made of the tillable acreage. The many thousands of acres of produc- tive scil devoted to tobacco growing will be a focal point in the study. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS ‘The fear that Russia may perfect and use an atomic bomb against this country is probably unfounded. Whatever Rus: ambitions, she cannot be the aggressor with the atomic bomb without simultaneously | inviting disaster for herself. Persons whose birthdate this is are promised by the stars: A year of new and helpful friendships, wide influence in community af- fairs and a satisfactory, though not spectacular, business accomplish- ment. Children born today will ke sin- cere, kindly and generous. They should find much happiness in their family relationships. (Copyright, 1946) Senator Thomas the Senate Com- mittee on Agriculture and can strangle Agriculture Department legislation 1f he desires. So despite the fact that agricul- tural officials admitted they about the Oklahoma Senator's flagrant cc.ton speculations, despite the fact that the Agricul- hands in horror. is Chairman of ket, officials refused to do anything about it. gress the ability Chairman is not important. Nor And as long as a member of Con-, gress has been elected ahead of | {other colleagues of his Committee, he can sit in the all-powerful Chairmanship, riding roughshod over legislalion badly needed by the executive branch of the Gov- ernment—uuiess the department heads kow-tow to him. (COPYRIGHT, BELL SYNDICATE, INC. 1946) From Boston, Rep. James Curley, Company; had he registered the ancther Democrat, served in Con- fact thac he was president of the - gress for some time while under|Greenbrier Manganese Mining Crossword Puzzle indictment. Finally, when he was|Company at tne time it was seek- | . convicted for war frauds. Curley|ing a war contract, then the pub-| 'ACROSS 38 Performed was carrie¢ throuch the streets of|lic would nave had a chance to| 1. Tier A5 Rile Boston on (he shoulders of cheer-|judge for itself whether its interest| 4. Subject e 9. Pronoun ing admirers. or May's inicrest was being served. | o e In Georgia, not long ago, me‘ | 15 ng:m{‘“ 6. at's Justice Department attempted to| CONGKESSIONAL SELF- animal certain convict Congressman Frank Whel- PROTECTION | 1 Seammp % 45, niver nympn ¢hel for =elling postmasterships, But few Congressmen will move 6. Spout oratory 50. Measure of but a locai Jury refused to conv : | 4. Anger length I Y :|to require such registration. This| (8. Wearisomeness 51. Si Later Wwhen e Justice Department | columnist has talked to some of| 20 Gentury plants 53 Sea_ eagle . Bathe 24. Marvelous discovered that Congressman Gene Ccx, also of Georgia, aim . Feline the Senate ieaders about the prob- prob Headdress em. Conscientious Senator had been paid 1 R | Barkley | | And not for lobbying against the Govern-| ¢ Kentucky would favor such a| 28 mploy ment, the Artorney General, de- | ,ove 2 % 3L Indian ty in Dlinols el Sl o move, but is an extremely busy | mulberry Bind ¢lding no local jury would convict,|man. So would Senator Austin of| 32 Exclusive 63. Unit of light brought nu presecution | Vermont, bui he is leaving to join :4) I‘K;'Jl\r\r:l. o1 acntensity {the United Nations. . 65. Furtive MOST CONGRESSMEN ARE | Only Senator so far willing l(); HONEST “In the wicle history of the Unit- | Bd States only one Senator ‘mke the initintive in requiring his colleagues to put their economic | hamlus on recc:d is Glen Taylor, 3. Be curlous 4. Flog 5. Injury 6. Greek letter 7. 8. 9. . Molten glass . Polished . Shook . Rodent cow- | Been convicied for lobbying for boy Senator from Idaho. When the T profit against his Guvumznunlr—‘Case Bill was before Congres -A“"HL\M on Senator Juscph R. Burton, a Re-|Taylor tacked on an amendment o it publican from Kansas. Yet news-|requiring Congressmen to disclose men and others who watch thejall stock market deals, commodity s 1:::‘1 Capital close up know of cases| market operations, fees and busi- . Cymric sun where unscrupulous Congressmen ness connections. Taylor thought _A(,|§‘;|dnny have taken money for working| this should counterbalance the Case 29. Heather against the Federal Government. |Bill requirement that labor unions _3,,“‘,‘, Bl Actually, the great majority of make their financial statements maid Congressmen <re absolutely honest.| public, authured by Senator Byrd of ,?\'fiffi?@g This writer, who has seen some- | Virginia. thing of foreign parliaments, from' Whereupon Senator Byrd with- | the Chamber of Deputies in Paris drew his amendment, on condition | to the Schupctina in Belgrade, is lor withdraw his. Much as/ gonvinced that, outside the British Byrd wanted labor unions to dis- Empire, no other group of legis- close their iinancial transactions, 'S‘Y-Xxu.«!‘|'yr‘g a lators are sc honest personally as he didn't want Senators to disclose fence the American Congress. Misguided and frequently wrong they may be,’ but most f them are honest. | Yet, it is a few bad apples in the Congressional barrel that poisons 1 theirs. POWERFUL COMMITTEE CHAIRME Second Lig defect in our pulilico-l the conservative type in | Floe was P by the will be and operations. | end in disaster for knew | and | ture Departaent is charged by law | ’| with policiug the commodities mar- | Under the present set-up in Con- | of a Committee | are his ethical standards, nor his| honesty. Seniority is all that counts. | neda tineau from Tenakee and Hans Both were cannerymen. Nick Bez was registered at the G: registered from Hawk Inlet. The Prince George was southbound, the Charlotte Skagway bound, the Queen was on the Triangle run with the Alaska due the next morning (from Seattle. sirs. J. M. Giovanetti and daughters Mary and Ada were making the Triangle Route trip on the Queen. High, 66; low, 63; cloudy. ‘Weather report: e Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpox ! ) brrrrnes ) | WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I was too excited to| answer. ‘I was TOO MUCH excited to answer.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: CUBE, and not i-lu-ziv. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Outrageous; not IOUS nor GOUS. SYNONYMS: Notice (verb), heed, regard, observe. 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: . EMBRYONIC; undeveloped. (Pronounce em-bri-on-ik, E as in MEN, both I's as in IT, O as in ON, accent second syllable). “Her talent was embryonic.” [ ST { MODERN ETIQUETTE {bmerrs 1os | b Illusive. Pronounce i-lu-siv, U as in Q. When making an introduction, is it all right to say, “Mr. Brown, meet Mr. Smith”? | A. No; the word “meet” should be avoided when making an intro- | duction. 3 Q. When one receives a card with “P.P.C.” written in the lower! lefthand corner, what does it mean, and does it require an acknowledg- : ment? A. It means “to take leave,” and does not require an acknowledg- ment? | ¥ Q. If ‘asparagus is soft, should it be eaten with the.fingers or a fork? A. With a fork. e s ot o g LOOK and LEARN o C. GORDON — 1. Is a person born in the United States of foreign-born parents eligible to become President? | 2. Which State has the smallest number of counties? 3. Which is the oldest breed of dog? 4. What is neon? i 5. Is there any word in the English language that rhymes with | | “month”? ANSWERS: Yes. Delaware, with only three. The greyhound. An insert gaseous element found in the atmosphere. 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