The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 8, 1946, Page 4

] l i PAGE FOUR D(ul y Alaska Empire | future time, : except Sunday by the countries which may This has lead to a protest | of weapons to possible enemies. be enemies at som: against sales One member of Con- conceivably Published every o NETess s @ e RN TING COMEANY gress bluntly predicts that Congress will impose & 1 cets, Juneau, Alaska ban on such sales HELEN TROY - - - - President This w g A Fe - sorBwh sterloal ok d S AR S S ik nreaat This would scem to be a somewhat hysterical WILLIAM R. CARTER - - - Editor and Manager reaction to the pessimistic trend of our foreign rela- ELMER A. FRIEND - - - - Managing Editor s PR o e 4 < e ELMER A FRIEND - - - - Mvasing Bter | tions, or clsc o misapprehension of the military value of the pens involved. In reality, the equipment Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Semnd Class Matter. o . allable for & s not going e BN declared surplus and available for sale is not going to make any material difference in the military po- Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.50 per month; six months, $8.00; one year, $15.00 % rates By mail, postage paid, at the follow. ear, in e. §15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50 This country in advance, $1.50, that it does not s will confer a favor if they will vromptly notity Yugeslavia or China or Poland tential of buying nations and so rich and strong the armed might of It has such tremend- is so large need to fear s Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery | papers { ous new weapons in its armory that it will not bother lephones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374 3 4 s o s 2 Sts in any conceivable future war, with the light tanks The Assoc MR OF AS D P ea to the use for | he fleld pleces, or even the military aircraft noy news dispatches credited to it or not other- | burdening .the armed forces in undue aumbers. s pa d also cal news published | A D IR A DN R b S B | If we want to learn from experience, we should —— e - e take pains to get rid of our entire surplus of planes, % SENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 | gyns, tanks and ships, and then begin promptly — s program cf replacement with the newest and best !equipment. France, after World War I, held on to her aircraft, already obsolete. The result was a failure | i stocks surplus weapons. out possible | siderable. | i ial | provide indu to earn wa PREVENT FIRES return of less than 1% per cent for the risks they er 6-12, is our annual Fire Pre- it 2 : e : This L k, October 6 C e 4acn | run This is the conclusion of a group of economists | vention Week throughout the nation, the seven days ' ,,q py s executives who, at the behest of the in which added emphasis is given to the terrible results of fire and ways to prevent the damaging blazes Statistics show that 90 per cent of all fires could be prevented by simply taking reasonable precautions. ! In Alaska, with its many frame buildings, cold winters and winds, the hazards are present A fire at any time is a terrible loss. But especially now, with a critical housing shortage, the homes, apartment houses and other buildings is even | more serious. So this week all Juneau and Douglas residents are urged to check up for fire hazards in their home: and places of business. Make sure fire extinguishers are in place and potent. Clear out trash and rubbish Make sure your oil burners are in good condition. Get | rid of those dangerous electric cords that blow luscs,[ or have them repaired Juneau is proud of partment, and Douglas is fire department, alone, can’t prevent loss from fires. This week, take a little time to check through your homes and places of business, looking for fire hazards. It's a common sense precaution and your duty. paring a textbook They base the period from ever | to their put loss of | ; ity the hope its fine Volunteer Fire De- | proud of hers moving |in the past, profits. Weapons for Enemies? 5 (Cincinnati Enquirer) The The United States wound up the war with un- counted millions of dollars worth of military equip- ment, incliading combat weapons, scattered all over the entire world. It is selling off a large part of that surplus property at bargain rates, rather than spend- ing still more to bring” back home goods that are not worth the transport bac Inevitably, this means world is today are “The world Newspaper filler when you carry it selling some weapons to a regular diet of comics. We've . s The Washingion (550 son e e e Melfl-Go-RO“l’ld ! that we are not warmongers, but are just as human as they are. If (Continue¢ pom Page Onej won't 1ight each other. you can laugh with each other, you ing along with us 100 percent. If GOODWILL AMBASSADOR she won't go along, it is much bet- WALLACE ter to know it right now and pre- Foree Dennis, Louisville, Ky pare for the worst. Unquestionably one chief difficulty with any five-year plan for friend- BYRNES IS RIGHT (ship with Russia would be selling Harold Preece, Chattanooga, Tenn. (it o the Kremlin. So far, the —I have known Jimmie ByInes gremlin has been opposed to any- about 15 years, during which “‘m"(hmg like this, largely, I suspect, 1 have probably disagreed with him | pecayse they are afraid we might more than otherwise. However, I|yndermine their political system. am convinced: (1) that he grown greatly in stature; and ‘2'1tl\cu.~ that it that, after a lot of patience and!gaing to the Russian people (and, so-called appeasement, his policy | compared to Czarist days, it has); of firmness with the Soviet GOV-|put when the Russian people s ernment is right ‘(hc high standard of living of Am-| My proposal of a five-year plah!cricans or even Western Europeans for iriendship with the Russian'they can hardly believe their eyes. people in no way conflicts With| gowever, the Byrnes policy Byrnes. His policy is aimed at the | jmness toward Russia has the Russian Government; the five-year|gremiin worried, and I believe the plan is aimed at the Russian people, top leaders might now be convinced many of whom do not know what|ihat five years of real friendship their government is doing would bring lasting gains to Russia Byrnes' policy at the moment iS| githerto, they have figured w negative and preventive. The five-| would appease—a policy which year plan for friendship is positive|would permit them to have their weighs has communism has been sold on the| has brought great future discriminating against them, of the weapons and equipment National Association of Manufacture people than ever before ; centage of the people could get any crazier than they would be work harder at it. | with of | — Crossword Puzzl and constructive. The policeman' cayxa and eat it too. on your beat may be fine, con- pajpn €, Busser, Jr., Philadel-| scientious guardian against crime phia—My idea in proposing that But when he helps to organize boys' clubs, as so many police do, then he is building constructively against ciime at the sou That is the difference between the policy of| iumness and the policy of friend- ship. Both are sometimes necessary, and Byrnes has been so busy with one he hasn't had time to concen- | Henry Wallace go to Russia as U S. Ambassador is because of his probable influence with the Russian people and Government. The men at the top in Rus are going to need a lot of selling on friendship, and Henry Wallace sincere idealism plus his long-time sympathy for Russia should help. fiate on the other p The Russian people, basically most __If Russia goes on the rampage IN | gionqyy ynfortunately have been Turkey, or even threatens to, then 60 uniairly informed by & govern- Secretary Byrnes will be absolutely | yon controlled press that they right in being firm, and I for on€ g0y ypow what the real score it. shall back him up. CTR s ABOLISH AGGRESSIVE RUSSIA NEEDS FUNNY PAPERS e Mrs. William Cone, New York City—I doubt if more than one or' Constantine Brown, Washington, ! two publishers would object to my | D. C.—You are absolutely ri plan of a Russian radio station and that total reduction of all aggres- New York viewpoint to This part of in sive armament between the United States and Russia should be the ul- timate goal of a plan for peace. M; propesal of an immediate mo ium on all rearmament should be merely a start toward the abolition of all aggressive armament later. Robert Gros, Palo Alto, Calif.— Your fellow townsman, Herbert Hoover, was so right, back in the relatively peaceful days when we were trying to disarm, when he proposed that big battleships, long- a Russian newspaper to explain the Soviet the American people the 5-year plan, of course, hinges on the Russians’ giving us reciprocal privileges in Moscow, and I am afraid we might have more trouble selling the jdea to the Russians than to American publishers. However, think what American publishing ingenuity could do with a newspaper in Moscow! American newsmen could turn out a paper so readable , that its circulation range submarines, tanks, and other would hit every corner of the So- offensive weapons constitute a haz- viet. I have always contended that|ard to peace and a temptation to one thing the Soviet system needed 'make war. This should be our aim ator- | to keep pace with the progress of military aviation We cannot help ourselves by of obsolescent | augment the strength of holding on to large weapons. Nor will we seriously | any possible enemy by selling It is foolish to try now to single enemies, and create friction b when the military value involved is so incon- No Exorbitant Inducement (New York Sun) = Those who, through investment in common stacks, workers with the tools wherewith . can expect in the best of times a net , have been pre on the American enterprise system. r estimate on studies of the dividends of all manufacturing corporations during the boocm 1925 through profit on this invested capital was about 5% | The economists observe that if all investors had elected capital high-grade corporations bonds they ceived an average of about 4! ence of less than 1 per cent represents the reward | ‘!or those who ventured out of the area of gilt-edged investment into the speculative field of common stocks. Of course, most of these persons hoped for larger returns and a few were re 1929. Then the average into government securities or would have re- per cent. The differ- arded. horse. Remove the induce- tem, that he may or at least make a generous profit, | and he will cease to do his part in keeping our economy If that hope can be kent alive, with an ave per cent, none can complain that the enterpris depends for its existence on the payment of exorbitant s it has been clutte: with crewball d up The only way a more ge per- for them to get up earlier and tons.” that sextillion than 36,000,000 It seems around on your heavier shoulders. even under ¢ with Russia Small PT boats or destroyers are quite suificient to police any na- tion's shores, keep down smugglers, 5-year plan for peace |and handle island difficulties. Like- wise, you don’t need tanks to quell riots or trouble at home. The only time you need these aggressive wea- pons is when you want to go out and use them against the other fel- low. Heavy bombers are in the same category. A fighter plane, unable to fly long distances, is almost pure- ly defensive. it as an aggressive weapon. heavy bomber, of course, ent. However, Russia must street. It can't be one-sided. other words, if the USA its oifensive weapons—and, be a two-way In after all, our tremendous industrial capa- to city turn out these weapons is But for the major- | of big profits was like a bunch of hay | suspended before a hungr; ment and the horse may stop. | average mvestor the hope, inherent in unlimited profits under the individual enterprise But a good double his money, Take away from the | No one cen object to| The !} is differ- reduces THE DAILY ALASI\A EMPIRE—— lUNE.Ab ALASKA o> Farthes! North Oil LOS ANGELES, Calif, Oct. 7.— The world’s farthest north oil dis- tribution system \w]l be established 50 miles north ol Union Oil (‘ump.my BTG PR | 5 = T T e s PR SR R H. Kelly dischaiges its cargo at{| WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Endless instances can | | Whittier, Alaska. The Kelly sailed pe found to prove this fact.” "INNUMERABLE instances can be | | Fri y with 100,000 barrels of kero- found.” ‘ and diesel and stove oil. | OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Excess. Accent last syllable, not the | first i one of our test strengths—then OFTEN MISSPELLED: Meerschaum. Observe the four vowels. ; | Russia must reduce het ITemendous | . gyNONYMS: Hateful, malevolent, odious, obnoxious, offensive. | l:l)lI1: A(]”I‘HI::M?;:)‘J;I?_: ::E\,‘A:::;‘.m‘:, WORD STUDY: “Use a v\'nrrlv three times and it is s Let us! lhc‘ war. And for a nation geo-increase our vocabulary by inastering one word each day word: | graphically contiguous to other!| INFEST; to trouble greatly by numbers or by frequency of presence. | European nations, a big land army | “The building was infested with rats.” Y | can be just as great an offensive | fomeeeermoe oo oeeon~ | weapon as bombers and battleships | 1 per cent. | | —in fact, more so. All Russia has to do is give the order, and her; | tremendous arl could sweepi) _ across Western Europe to the Eng- | |lish Channel in three weeks. ool ! AT Ja girl | INSPECT ARMS FACTORI I\ A Al Cohn, Los Angeles—One of | with the most important things we have i « harmonious rela- permit free At present, to with restore Russia to do tions access to both nations. is B iy ootaaeid eo trealptn the ) A Buabould xead, Mz Lee Adams,” using the full name | United States. They must have|and the prefix “Mr." passports to enter, but once i"‘”“'"i Q. Should an invitation to the wedding reception be included with the USA they can go and come “g!(h\' invitation to a house wedding? they please. They can count the! A, Yes: | number of munitions factories “vi - e have and the number of plants; | which are making atomic bombs. ! LO 0 K a nd [EA RN ; They can travel all around the A C. GORDON atomic plant at Oak Ridge, Tenn., | though they can't go inside it.! S S AT DR SR o B — Neither can American citizens,{ 1. Which State of the Union has made the greatest gain in population without very special passes. On the other hand, one that keeps U. S. Army-Navy officers | jittery is the fear of another Pearl Harbor. They haven't got over the terrible error they made when the Japs caught them cold. They nev= ler want to get caught that way again. You can’t blame them. And the thing Army-Navy offi- | cers fear most is a so-called “suit- case blitz" or a long-range atomic | attack via the North Pole. This possibility is what makes some | Army-Navy people talk about a pre- | ventive war with Russia. On the other hand, officers I know would give Russia |the secret of the atomic bomb if the Soviet would permit us free access to their factories and free exchange of information. Each side would then know what the other was doing. So far the Russians haven't been willing to do this. | That is extremely significant. T am | not prepared to say whether Bernie Baruch ctics or diplomatic bung- llmg or plain Russian belligerency is the reason. But it’s one of the important points we must out if we are to win peace most iron with Russia. reduction of armament | (COPYRIGHT, BELL SYNDICATE. INC, 1946) j | LA I M. Leota sa:s from Auk Bay every Thursday 9:15 am. to con- nect with O'Harra bus for Fair- banks or An(‘hol'\"r See J. B. Bur- ford. adv. ACROSS Cover 1. Course ”'f\‘]?él'n“e“er 2 Olip Accomplish 9. Put up mall lakes High card pper part Throng of a high . Izpoch mountain . State of affairs iris family Badgerlike anima Luzon natives Bound with narrow fab- ric 26. Chief officer 4 of a French . 56 department Maitt tiquor Demands Emotionally strained 29, Roman road 57. Ending of 30. Corrupt feminine 3L, Exclamation nouns Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle DOWN 1. Launder stin Partook . Public lodging house 2. Conversion into steel Resisting pressure Cherry color Dry Short sleeps Absolute foat . Copied . 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