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PAGE FOUR Prestdent - Vice-President Bditor and Manager Managing Bu Editor s Manager Matter. 50 per month; one yea ie following rates nths, in advance, $7.50 f they will promptly notify irregularity in the delivery Business Office, 374 SOCIATED PRESS ely entitled to the use for ne b dited to it or not other- ews published Be e 5 FPRFSEN Es — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 CHRISTMAS, 1946 year o a Child was born in town. of Bethlehem, and inning of a new spirit that was d & 1 flame tc coerners of the world barriers of the stagnant ancient , everywhere hope and strength and he Fatherhood of God but how far the world the who ideal is attested by ders r and struggle. se gods in place of the irue God brought v ic clear that the hope of keeping the hope that n leaders will assert adership along ‘the rignt path But already who worked side by side to defeat, t states now fail to agree in r a peaceful world National i import abandc , and There can be ations individual been that is the no brotherhoc to a pe future hout brotherhood of The 1 1V ago in the Christm story: Ye are n nother. To make this c live ags ) weuld be our way of follow the star that shown on the shepherds as they watched their the Bethlehem hiliside and in the morning led wise to the inn in the town NO EMPIRE TOMORROW There will be no edition of The Empire tomorrc Chris Day, as the employees of this spaper also celebrate the Yuletide i however, will be bul- event mportant news in the newsroom window y Christmas! 8! Labor Solution ton Post) aps the leading example on (Washir Lewls is per John L the current American scene of the Actonian dictum that absolute corruption flows from possession of slute power. The Government now is engaged to rer in American out of-the miners This for Congre in t has become a problem for the courts, not At the ¢ » who need to have leader ame time there are other satraps tyrannical power squeezed out of and this is the first issue before the hew Congr The need for gereral, not particulari Y lepislation is only dramatized by the spectacle of a man, enj 7 extragov r over 400000 coal miners, leading m time in eight months in a campaign tc fon of 140 million pec Some persons nave call repeal of the Wagner Act as an cure_for labor abuses. That, we believe, would cause more trouble than it would prevent. The Wagner Act is a cting basically good law which went far toward c justices of mar ent. What it requires now fic amendm: on the experience of the A few of the desirable sion on unions to bar- must, a provision ch of contract, isdicional strikes, the application of antitrust laws unions, and a guarantee that liable for b ; unions 1 outlaying of j employers may express their views during union or- ganizing campaigns But while these cha s would define more clearly funda labor’s legitimate doma something more mental would still be cking That is adequate recognition for the public interest. Many of our putes now have the atmosphere of a prizefight in which the pubiic, as the innocent referee, is sluzged the mercilessly with most of blows. recognition was implicit in President Trur mendaticn of last spring for a long-range labor legislation: recommendation that the outgoing shly chose to ignore. Secretar stion { broader use fa, recogniticn of the public conce ome such gress foc ach’s su wise contain a by-product The most compreher ive proposal for incorporating the public interest into settlement of labor dispute. from & tor Ferguson of Mi an. He the lishment of ystem of labor ent Federal ction in public which would parallel the pr ystem and would have jurisd utility cases and other vital inc coal and oil. If ive bargaining broke down, either labor or management cculd take the case to this court. es would be outlawed for a 30-day period during which the issue would be decided. The court’s decision then would be binding and would be enforceable by penalties. The success of such an cperation, of course, would depend on the confidence of all parties in its fairng Some difficulty, too, might be encountered in defining just what is a vital ndustry. But the suggestion has much merit which ght to be investigated. Senator Ferguson expressed essential point when he said, “Neither labor mor ement should be able to tell a community you 't have light, heat, or wate The Republican Congress has both a big re- sponsibility and a _big chance in the field of labor legislation. Probably no mere law will solve our labor ills. But if Congress demonstrates that it is intent on creating a reasonable mechanism rather than mere ictiveness, there is hope of a human solution terms of live and let live. The time has passed wier ¢ur laws can be debated on whether tk are good § labor or good for management, 'The criterion now ma be whether they are good for the country, and we had ample demonstration, even before the fresh interrup- ticn by John L. Lewis, that we cannot fit our union aders with the powers of Government and expect to s a free people judiciary col col vir survive a mood, brazenly cut the window The Washington #erry-Go-Round /Continued irom Page (e IRON CURTAIN Assistant Secretary of State Bill Benton, who has threw cooperation from the race rather than risk a bitter fight and possible rift in tHouse GOP ranks. TAYS DOWN CAPITAL CHAFF ried desperately 5 i ¥ Y The coal strike may seriously af- g 3 to lift the iron curtain, recently 2 ¥ i " feet next year's potato and apple 1 want to advise my friend from was prevented by the Russizns ¥ s crops, according to the Department Ohio that I know nething about irom visiting Moscow. Agriculture. The trouble is that investigating myself Benton was scheduled to fly to shortage of coal tar curtailed Then he went on, tongue-in- oW Wi Shester . s . 7 : 3 S e SR g A N~ Moscow with Chester Bowles, his gupplies of insecticides, which are éneek, to suggest that the Republi-|cjq advertising partner, two weeks should investigate every Dem- ago. But eratic Senator elected in Novem-|tcn had only 48 h since, according to the GOP|make the trip, let . they could not possibly have!as Berlin, then st elected without some irre- | nours, claiming said he had tried t0' Jang. e > advice of Republican lead- Finally, Benton ers. g Paris, where he c But added, with a helpless cable with the A look rcom at the varie- jn Moscow, found gated als including S ators Taft, White and Vandenber the Russians found Ben- made it impossible for his plane to in Russia had been perfect duriug time hg was being barred from _ ours in which t him get as far potato bug. . . .One reason for vet- alled him for 48 erans housing slowness has Moscow weather peen uncovered by hard-working went back to hecked by coded investigation of the hoarding y arce building materials on the merican Embassy west coast, especially the big lum- that the weather pap interests. COPYRIGHT, BELL SYNDICATE, INC. 1946) stries such as steel, | needed to fight such crop pests as Gorton, Thomas Martinez and Mrs. the chinch bug, the European corn apna Hendrickson for medical at- | © borer, the coddling moth, and the tention. Mrs. Robert Coughlin, Wil- just Albeck were discharged. Representative Robertson of North Mrs. Fannie Lee of Juneau, and Dakota. He is making a sweeping Howard Gray from Hoonah was dis- of charged. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1946 e = 20 YEARS AGO %'s mupins ||| Burnie's Sior™ | scom waromn” | ‘ BARANOF HS()TEL Monday of each month \ for DE! Juneau was getting read Lisle F. Hebert A. B. (Cot) H: Ed B. Shaffer Stella Dapcevich Rdath Dawes Mrs. J. Jackson Roy A. Rutherford Julie Hudson overtime game President Charles E. A. J. Balog Bessie Dapcevich Steve Stanwarth Mrs. Edwin Gunst William D. Gross Nielsen 1Ks Christina OFTEN MISSPELLED: Pe SYNONYMS: Laughable, ¥ morous. %0000 0ee0s0sscs000sc0e0c00 0 ©0©0"°0000000080005600050006006000° MBER 24, 1926 a big were to be heid in the Episcopal Church and Catholic Church. Lutheran Church was to have a Christmas Day service at 11 o'clock DECEMBER Sam Paul, Jr. ! on their trip, spoke before the Douglas High Scheol the previou: Tom Langley { noon. Gloria Gullufsen Roger Pegues We report: High, 33; witty, amusing, diverting, face- Christmas. Midnight servic The Alaska College cagers were to meet the Douglas Eagles this night and meet the Juneau High School on the 26th | Collegians beat the Douglas High Schoolers 16 to 14 in a three-minute Thi Bunnell, accompanying the College hoopsters after- D St ; Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon | B e ] Mrs. Martin Lynch k& e L e g T Mrs. Joseph Kendler ! WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not s Lee Rox {to Florida.” Omit FROM. HENCE mean M. A. Chase | this time. Say, “Hence we shall go to Florida.” Bettye = Keminer OFTEN MISPRONOUN ounce bazh, A as in BAY. nguish from PERSONAL. D e} The previous night the v, “From hence we shall go | FROM this place or FROM in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. M. L. MacSPADDEN, Worshipful Master; LEIVERS, Secretary. Lower Lobby 9 am. to 6 p.m. or Phone 800 for appointment James C. Co(‘aper, CPA BUSINESS COUNSELOR Specializing in Corporation—Municipal and Trust Accounts James W. Silver Bow Lodge No. A 2, LO.OF, 'Meets each Tues- day at 8:00 P. M,, I. O. O. F. HALIL, Visiting Brothers Welcome GEORGE JORGENSON, Noble Grand; H. V. CALLOW, Secretary B. P. 0. ELKS Meets every Wednesday at 8 p. m. Visiting brothers welcome. E. ©. REYNOLDS, Exalted Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Seecretary znmtfirfimrflm; CHARLES R. GRIFFIN Co! 1005 SECOND AVE + SEATILE 4 + ElLiot 5323 The Erwin Feed Co. Office in Case Lot Grocery PHONE 704 HAY, GRAIN, COAL and STORAGE CALIFORNIA Grocery and Meat Market 478 PHONES 371 High Quality Fecods at Moderate Prices S'thl/m&dunirelfl Jones-Stevens Shop W. J. Graham - e | tious, funny. ¢ 5 WORD STUDY word three times and it is yows.” Let us e 006 0 e 6 o6 e o efincrease cur vocabulary by mastering one word cach day. Today's word: LADIES'—MISSES’ m 7] 5 PP - HOMILY: a tedious exhortation on some moral point; a sermon. (Pro- READY-TO-WEAR The Rexall Sfore | e I -i-1i, as in ON, accent first syllable Your (GAI_ OPERATORS To nounce Eiixl"l-x O as ‘m )~._".(.I<“_‘ ’1 yllable) 3 SavariLatiet Near Third Reliable Pharmacists MAKE NO CONTRACT UNTIL COURT ACTION, bos s e e Q. When it is nec is the best course to pur anging gifts WASHINGTON, Dec. 24—A sharp ! mong soit coal operators over | vhether to negotiate now for a new ract with John L. Lewis dash- cd nopes today for a quick nation- your friend a Merry Christir Q. Should a woman hiring a maid g g MODERN ETIQUETTE % serra Lo — v to curtail expense of Christmas gifts, what ! sue with a friend with whom you have been | A. Write a nice letter, about twe or three weeks in advance, wishing ve her an honest picture of the between the industry | Work involved, the time cff she can expect, etc.? “I want you to kncw my friend”? by A. C. GORDON w.de prace ind its miners i A. Yes. Prodncers whose pits yield 60 per- | Q. Is it gocd taste to s cent of the country's coal held; A. No. Friendship should be implied--not pointed out. themselves ready to deal with the — United Mine Workers chief “at axl)“ : convenient date,” without waiting ! | LO OK d l EA R N for a Supreme Court decision on |, a n his legal troubles arising from the|{ November walkout. e e S But the powerful southern coal 1. What name is given to a Produc Association, whose mines | 3 ha nroduce a third of the 600,000,000~ ; P ten annual Supg broke away 3 ircm the majority with a decision pe to hold alcof until the courts have had their say. Far ‘western mine owners indicat- horscha What is ANSWERS: RRREL ‘poltroon”? short rein fastened to the saddle of ; to prevent a horse from lowering his head? | What is the distinction between the words “farther” and “further”? is the name of the most famous banking family of Europe? sat en a thrcne over which a sword was suspended by a | ed they would go along with the! Soytherners | 1. Check-rein. - o - [ 2. “Farther” refers to distance, while “further” refers to time, quan- o o e e v ¢ e e e eftity or degree ° 3. Rothschild. L] TIDE TABLE 4. Damocles ° 5. A spiritless coward. ° DEC: 25 o High tide 3:17 am., 144 ft e Low tide 8:52 am, 43 ft ® High tide 14:44 p.m, 16.7 ft o Low tide 21:29 pm,, -08 ft ° ° DECEMBER 26 o High tide 3:52 am., 143 ft o Low tide 9:29 am, 45 ft. © High tide 15:18 pm, 16.1 ft. 5.2 il e Low tide 22:04 pm, -03 ft Delivered to your job in . required quantities RPN R T N AR Ready for your men to .o St Ann’s Hospital has admitted | M Julus Heinemann, Burton J liam Niederhauser and Mrs. Leo i Government Hospital admitted ' >-so Overeating on calories, especially if derived from fat, is known to re- duce life egpectancy. pour—at $18.50 per cu. | AT : /d., f.0.b. plant. Hauli HOSPITA[ NOTES { 3 5 gharge 15cIZ)ear trucl?lrln]i?g. 1 i Other concrete products will be available soon— Get acquainted with i - BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. | BARRY BACE Druggist “The Squibb Store” | ‘Where Pharmacy Is a Profession 20TH CENTURY MEAT MARKET laska Music Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Pianos—Musical Instruments and Supplier Phorie 206 Second and Seward HEINKE GENERAL REPAIR SHOP Welding, Plumbing, Oil Burner Blacksmith Work \ GENERAL REPAIR WORK Phone 201 929 W. 12th St. Juneau's Most Popular “Meating” Place ONLY THE BEST OF MEATS PHONE 202 “The Store for Men” SABINS Front St.—Triangle Bldg. Warfield's Drug Store (Formerly Guy L. Smith Drugs) NYAL Family Remedies HORLUCK’S DANISH ICE CREAM FOR Wall Paper Ideal Paint Shop Phone 549 Fred W. Wendt | | HUTCHINGS ECONOMY | . MARKET Douglas Boat Shop NEW CONSTRUCTION and REPAIR JOBS 7 FREE ESTIMATE Phone Douglas 192 The Alaskan Hotel Newly Renovated Rooms at Reasonable Rates | Choice Meats At All Times Located in George Bros. Store PHONES 553—92—95 The Charles W. Carter] Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 PHONE SINGLE O VANITY BEAUTY SALON Cooper Building Card Beverage Co. Wholesc!e 805 10th St. ELSIE HILDRETH, Manager Open Evenings Fhone 318 PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT for MIXERS or SODA POP MOTCR REBUILD and MARINE SERVICE Machine Work — Welding ENGINE REBUILDING—HARDWARE 1012 West 10th Street PHONE 863 — EYES EXAMINED LENSES PRESCRIBED DR. D. D. MARQUARDT OPTOMETRIST Second and Franklin PHONE 506 FOR APPOINTMENTS Juneau i Lucille’s Beauty Salon % SPECIALIZING IN ALL KINDS AND TYPES OF PERMANENT WAVES FOR ALL TEXTURES OF HAIR Phone 492 HAIR CUTTING Klein Bldg. FULL LINE OF DERMETIC CREAMS | JUKEAU PLUMBING & HEATING CO. PLUMBING—HEATING—OIL BURNERS—SHEET METAL | PHONE 787 Third and Franklin Joe Martin, mor Dewey, Ser Sovist cagital Minnesots there Bl n, who is in charge S b i te Department ir outlined has tried to beam r: U SE l E t ram for the Re- into Russia in order to give the lH“”"v"j‘is ” o0® including cut-| Russian people the real truth about ' mathems 5 s th reduction of taxes the USA. Many Russians don't even| quantity Fairbanks, Anchorage Whitehozs2 curta: g tiona debt am- 10% American Army @ ) & . algamation of the Army and Navy|Navy participated in the war 12 Ko te VIA HAINES and challenged the Republicans against Japan i poise 1 to help him put them across. — 11 ] PLAN NOW TO MAKE THIS SCENIC TRIP Perhaps his neatest barb was DISPUTE B : S aimed at Rhode lar Senator dersecretary of 6 v Biiter veich Fulbright of Arkansas who pr 1 and the new {j Hos wua posed that the President I 120 of the At Energy i &nd let the Republicans take over n, David Lilienthal, have °' B poanimanc 2ull reign for the next two years. up over Bernie Bar- 2 a wall Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle B U s l_l N E S Withou mentioning Fulbright's tch's A-bomb finagling. ish 66. Fnglish letter 8 Long nar name, he tu Britis G are charging privately that v school G7. Grant ki - f - Ambassador ch seriot endangering i L SRR & 4 Meuding Ims = et fit m.‘fi £ “I've come peace of the world. Both Ache- | 50 Gelless uf the 65. Love to } Facasion §lns i :! CZq. Ambassador it and Lilienthal have pointed out i & PR 4 send our me ecretary Byrnes that Molotov C¥ i) g o] 1 J. B. BUBPORD—Losal Agent study. A ¢ Iready met every requirement : J. M. POWELL—Haines Agent much b t down in the Acheson-Lilienthal % > o e Y BT B W 9004 58 , iz eport in the way of inspection S - Mysterious —— However, the Russians don't want [~ S el o at s Ad- tscn-Lilienthal claim aruch is R 4 L ministration which ore inte in destroying the it L O 4s a palfi-l!p Subscrlber to THE DAILY ALAbKA 8.6 erionkatis’ nig d was Veto power than in protecting the EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENING. at sea in a storm listening to the inst the atomic bomb. A g Present this coupon to the box office of the President play the piano off-key n is brewing ALl s Whenever the piano-player struck OHIO BOWS TO INDIANA ; a sour note, he roared Anotk Contrary to earlier reports, there and receive TWO TICKETS to see: who enjoved the dinner was will be no dog-fight over the ma- oy 3 A ’, " back and heard his old vice-presi- uary | Federal Tax—12c per Person dential running-mate whom he has lepublican Representative Charles | One thing in Bricker's speecn which struck the sourest note was his ridicule of Repuklican-Demo- cratic ccoperation. At a time when presentative Cla Ohio, Haleck's le the majority le m faces continued domestic Bricker, in mean and nasty the n crisis without opposition. Strong pressure from Republican colleagues has been exerted on Re- ignce Biwn ding opponent for er post, to retire of Solid w ater and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and RETURN YOU to your home with our compliments. 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