The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 1, 1947, Page 4

l’.»\L;I'. FOUR I)ml\ 4lusl.uhmptre excent Sunday by INTING COMPANY Junieau, Alaska - - President Vice-President ‘Editor and Manager Manas itor the ELMER A FR : ALFRED ZENGER - - - Business Manager nteree p | as Secoud Class Matter. RATES: Delivered by carrier \‘ Douglas for S per month; six m the following rates: stx months, in advance, $7.50; paid ance. §15.00 vance, $1.50. will confer @ favor \f they will promptly notify Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery By m the Bus of their papers. Teles none News Office. MEMBER OF A ted Press is exclusively 602, Business Office, 374 ASSOCIATED rn' S8 republication ¢ e patches credited to it o Dot other- wise credited it s paper cnd also the lognl news published here — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 NATIONAL REPRESENT Averue Blde. Ceattl THE NEW YEAR On the first day of 1947, let us all hope that Alaska doesn't have to go through another year like the one which cnded yesterday. Indeed, the first peacetime yes fter World War II proved more disastrous to the Terrtiory than any of the war years One shipping strike after another caused innumer- able hardships on business concerns and individuals alike, shut down construction jobs, hampered the efforts of cur largest basic industry fishing. The strikes boosted the cost of living in Alaska and caused travel congestion even worse than during the year Let's hope that the new year will bring an end to d o the uce for | $ie] ned earnings and 38': | The theory is that $100,000 of easonably” re per cent on everything above that er distributions of dividends will make more cor- | xation in the hands of | tax receipts. But to earnings subje holders and hence porat incre e oxtent that such forced distribution of corporate income are not recaptured in their entirety through | taxes, they simply add to the already greatly swollen stream of national income and purchasing power. They have, therefore, precisely the opposite effect of that | wlizch Mr. Harriman had in mind in his recommenda- | tions for high tax rates, In the d . place, such if were ctherwise defensible, is particularly open to ques- | tion under present circumstances, when the cash posi- 1 of many has been weakened by the ruption of production schedules because of labor disturbances; the narrower prefits margins that have resulted from the Administration’s unfortunate policies | a policy, even it industries in the field of pri and wages, and, finally, the in- creased costs involved in inventory replacement But the basic objection to this revival in essence t out in the Thirties goes | of a revenue measure broug: a good deal deeper than this. It poses the question! policies should accommodate themselves to the momentary needs of the Treasury. or whether fiscal policies should be evclved on the assumptions that: (1) the decisions of business man- agement are based generally on sound judgment, and that (2) management is, d should be, responsible for such policies to its stockholders rather than to the Treasury Department. We find it difficult to believe that any sensible person would hesitate to reject the first of these alternatives and with it the whole fiseal concept which is implicit in the penalizing of corpora- tic building up what they regard- as adequate reserves whether management s for Reason d“d l'remdl(‘e (Cincinnati Enquirer) The power to reason is man's alone, of all the living things which 1nake up the earth's population. He is the only creature which can marshal a series of facts, study them, and arrive at certain conclusions based on such study. This ability to reason makes | man the only animal which—so far as we know-—can look into the future with any degree of accuracy or, for that matter, can lock into the future at all. It is strange when the; sed with so great a gift, that many humans fail to ereise it fully In every walk of life we find individuals who direct certain phases of their existence not through processes industrial strife which threatens to wreck the Terri- tory of r on, but from pure prejudice X Sometimes these individuals are highly suceessful, but usually they are not happy. They seem to be FEDERAL TAXES carrying, eternally, chips on their shoulders. They — are ready to fight over fancied grievances at the drop In the opinion of W. Averell Harriman, Secretary 'of a hat of Commerce, taxes should be maintained at a high Ore finds such p: g Jevel under present conditions. This, as he sees it,| They are digging ditches tting in the halls to check inflation perhaps, will que But there are e tend No one, Pl Wi eralizaticn and a conspicuous exception to thi us, to be found in Section 102 of which is in effect a thinly disguiss Undistributed Profits Tax of recel me because taxes absorb purchasing power and therefore y. This is the section of the law which impeses of Congre: they are on newspapers farms; they drive limousines and broken-down jalgpies. and tenant Their diatribes break out in beer saloons and in the them acquire wealth and position ith this as a geN- | 1ooms where international conferences are sitting. eptions to every rule, Certain “causes” demand such leadership and s one, it seems to could arrive nowhere without blind, unreasoning devo- the Revenue Act, tion—such as Hitler had—from large numbers of ed version of the leaders and fcllowers. But clear, cool reasoning must nt and unhappy | be the bulwark of a happy, contented citizenry. The unreasoning zealot may gain a certain fame. Some of But the man—or a heavy s :x:u‘: on “unreasonable’ ;:rcumulm.mu.s of o - Whilds Wil wreat 1a e ons: who L witithag Furpl The Treasury has served notice on business i, ge a1l sides of any controversy and to arrive at tha y apply this section with new vigor. concl s to which his reasoning processes, and not amounts to 27'. per cent on the first ' his loves or hates, may lead him H Republican, wanted to carry them | the memary of anklin - Roose- "‘e waShlnglon over until 1947. He insisted they Velt \ were “only interim reports.” Senator La Follette of Wiscon- Melry-Go-RWfld However, two fair-minded GOP and Representative Monroney colleagues, Chris Herter of Massa- ©f Oklahoma—For pioneering the (Continued rrom Page Cnej chusetts and Robert Hale of Maine, long-needed reorganization of Con- " ¥T did not agree. And when they Bress—even if it did cost one of John Snyder—To pay more at- seemed likely to side with the|them his job and nearly defeated fention to running the Treasury Democrats for immediate accept- the other. Department and less attention to ance of the reports, Weichel raised, Wilson Wyatt—For starting near- tryng to run Harry Truman. Brain Truster Clark Clifford—To develop a passion for anonymity Senator J(v Ball—To give serious thought to getting off the fence. Senator McKellar—To eat less and think more Senat Tom Cenna -To speak more cautiously to Mr. Molotov, and to fellow-Texan Pappy O'Dan-| iel not at all The Ghost of Hitler—To divide | and Conquer The State Department—To keep Drew Pearson m. seeing any more secret documents. HOW THE GOP INVESTIGATE Rep ans in the New Congr already have promised to “investi- gate, investigate, investigate,” but it looks as if some of their investi- gations would be stolen from probes already made by the Democrats. One bac e maneuver already has b pulled by the Republicans to steal four important reports by the House Merchant Marine Com- m . in which the Democratic majority did some frank and un- merciful probing of fellow Demo- crats. Here are the inside facts as to what happened. Last week Democratic Merchant Marine Chairman Otis Bland of Virginia called a meeting of his Committee and placed before it four critical reports, as follows: 1. The antiquated accounting sy tem of the,Maritime showed that over the taxpayers' money cannot be accounted fcr 2. Tax manipulations by large shipping ccmpanies, with Maritime Commission knowledge which would have robbed the Government of a huge tax bill but for the sharpe eve of young Democrat Rep. Hen m of Washington. As a re- the Treasury will collect $40,- 000,000 3. Excessive trade-ins allowed by the C ission to the United Stat- es and Grace Lines on the purchase | of new vessels will cost the tax- payers many millions. Chairman land has forced the Commission steps to recover overpay- work for the year. REPUBLICAN STALL /hen the reports were presented, Bland moved for adoption, whereupon Rep. Al Weichel, Ohio Commission | $1,000,000,000 of | 1 over-all report on the Com- | the point of “no quorum.” This stymied the Committee. Two days later the group met again. Again Weichel opposed pub- lication of the reports, and again he saw that he would not have the pite the loubies. Sister Kenny—For work in behalf of infantile paraly- tht real estate 'ly 1,000,000 homes for veterans des- combined and opposition of White House her untiring ' €enough THE DAILY ALAbkA EMPIRE— ?izo YEARS iy | | | | JANUARY 1 Marguerita Doucette Katherine Stevens Mrs. Pearl Burford William Alexander Jack Pasquan William B. Cline, Jr. Louis C. Lemieux | i | | | Maximillan Younger | ecocceccsscsse SKIPPER'S STORY AFOGNAK WRECK: YAKOBI'S RESCUE of | previous year was $2,000,000. Skipper-owner Ernie Burnett the Afognak, beam trawler which was wrecked the night of December 23, two miles north of Point Gard- er, has arrived in Juncau to make his report to the Coast Guard to- day. Burnett reported that during night after the Afognak ran hard aground in a cleft of the rocks, and after the Yakobi had removed | the crew, the ship had slid back into the deep water at bigh tide Only her mast sticks above water now, Burnett said. He has hopes that he may be able to raise tie Afognak, however with the aid of power scows. He describes her as 101 feet long. 95 tons rated capacity, and one the sturdiest ships he has ¢ known. ! On the last northbound trip, ter leaving Seattle December 2 with his fifth cargo of emergency sup- plies for strike-bound Alaskan towns, Burnett reports that the Afcgnak weathered a gale later re- ported to have reached 80 miles an| with | of af- hour veloeity. “We went right through it,” he said i The wreck occurr.d while thei Afognak was southbound in Chat-| ham Strait, with good visibility. | Burnett had turned the wheel over| to a crew member and gone below: | but the helmsman, unfamiliar with Point Gardner light, changed the given course in order to get in close to spot it. That blinker light is invisible| from any point within two miles, and despite the perfect visibility the Afognak was run hard into the cleft of - reef. The tide was going out and it was thought that the ship might be saved; but after the turn the pumps were unabl¢ to! keep up with the water, andjthe ship filled. i Burnett' was catiusiastic in his e of the crew of the mail boat Yakobi. He reported that onelun- identified craft, passing close, by | the stranded Afognak, had ignered its signal; but the Yakobi, on the| far side of the straits near Warm Springs Bay, knowledged immedJ jately. Skipper Martin Feist took | grave risks in bringing his craft| close to the scene, and Burnett| had nothing but praise for the ac- |- of the u‘cur“r—— tions of the crew vessel. I The USCG Cutfer McLean from| Ketchikan arrived at the scene! early the next morning. after the' Yakobi had taken off the crew and ! | full backing of his Republican Sis victims, despite lack of support jert gkipper and Mrs. Burnett and | colleagues. Ten members were from the late President’s birthday ihe helmsman at Warm Springs present—one short of a quorum— | fund. Bay. Burnett went across to the but the proxy of Rep. Ellsworth| Senators Taylor of Idahe and yyeck in a borrowed troller and { Buck, New York Republican, was|Morse of Oregon—For having the giscovered that his ship had sunkj reported in favor of immediate re- courage to criticize their Senator- quring the night. lease of the reports. Weichel in- ial colleag® and for urging that «ghe was ene of the best ships’ sisted that it not be honored Congress clean the rotten apples rve ever had, and the first I've ever| Meanwhile, Chairman Bland was out of its own barrel walked off,” said’ Burnett. “I sure seeking to reach Rep. Dick Welch,!| For these, your eiforts to im- hated to do it.” San Francisco Republican, who Prove the welfare of your fellow- TR P v | will be Committee Chairman next men in the y 1946, we salute MILK BO'I'TLE\ i year. Although the meeting date you! Urgently needed, Juneau Dairies. | had been set to meet Welch's con- (COPYRIGHT, BELL SYNDICAT®, INC. 1946) | 463-3t. venience, he left word with lus‘ NI 3 &35 A TR secretary that he was not, to be| cARIFIAS[SIAD/AM disturbed—not even for a ' phone| 'OSSWOTd Puzzle olREMAIR 1 [ABRLIODIE call from Bland i o | TIA[RIVERAIM (D] So, because Welch refused to ACROSS 27. Kind of bird elL[A|T[E[PJS AIM [T leave his office and walk a few | Varieties 38, Se:%\g-:rowm TE|NO/RID 1 [N steps to the meeting, Weichel vYns‘ $ g?‘x:al:l;::; 29. Atabian S|T[E[M LEREENG able w make his point of “no Mythological scaport ARIS/VITIVRIEIM quorum” stick. Thus the four cri- hunter ‘?Y_ 4 117]8 1 INJAIN EJEIM | Geat eporta. DtV (hE TN £ Vay ot Hhaize’” RialRAlLl[v(e[RINolAK crats wi e brought out under the = 1a Sign of the alks | new Republican Congress. c.t,".‘i‘,t“ :":;"'lam' G : : é u E AlB) ; : e | \IFRR'-GO-RA)(:\'D HONOR “ 3 E&gfifl" 3 S'Z%lgfé":o‘fi? ::A Al 5 : v: :: :I § i ROLL |3 Aol & lbsnaeBorner ZCE AlLERNE[ND] | With the year's end, the Wash-| 3i: betuse s acde o (NESITHMONESIS[T]Y] | ington Merry-Go-Round, frequent- Asia Mi ly addicted to criticism, nominates S sy t Solutlon of Yestorday's Puzzle | the following as having done most | 0. LT 4. Plkelike fish DOWN | for their fellowmen during the past| I Pt oL B weighe L Metallle o year: Ham musicfan 6L Prophets RS TR Gen. Omar Bradley—For doing Chest bons his best to see that the veterans Civil fajury of World War II do not become Trap forgotten men of this generation. Lige Secretary of State Byrnes — For ki g having carried our foreign rela-, ‘i:locualnr:g:g ¢ tions from a hopeless ebb at Christ- | Stale mas time, 1945, to an optimistic Qain { Corrode high at Christmas 1946. ¥ | | Secretary of War Patterson—For | having realized that he neglected the G.I's during the war and for| now doing his best to make amends. | General Eisenhower — For scrap- | ing a lot of brass off the Bras hats. | Senator Vandenberg of Michigan leudelsmp {—For his fair-minded in keeping Amer on an even keel Senater Austin of Vermont—For his wisdom and idealism in repre- 1ting the United States in the ! most important step toward peace mankind has ever taken — the United Nations. | | Bcb Hannegan—For keeping alive Down: prefie Wing: ! % Mopseain tn Alaska Search : Existence low oft gradually . Heavenly body 3 l:uu te Small quarrel Grant Biblical mountain . Proofreader . Set of jeweled ornaments 2. Projecting window Weapons of A Unit of work Size of coa' Unclose: poetle z \ . iacross the Channel. | Coast Guard cutter Unalga was tied and the shrieks added to the bed- lam. green hats, hurled serpentine and exchanged greetings. terian parsonage by the Rev. playing cards. the Everybody Weather f e et Daily Lessons in English 3. .. coroon || WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, SYNONYMS: {increase our vocabulary by n DIMINUTION; accent third syllable) JUNEAU, ALASKA AGO JANUARY 1, 1927 The New Year was greeted noisily from Mendenhall to Thane and Bells rang, autos honked and the whistle on the from THE EMPIRE 1 The big noise spot was at Elks' Hall where the revelers, wearing Mrs. Bertha Hogan and Gus Rennan were married at the Presby- O. A. Stillman, The Eagles had a big time at Dn\xu].xk New Year's Eve, dancing and Esther Cashen, John Niemi and Frank Bryan furnished music for the dancing. Curtis Shattuck, Elsie Edmistcn and Marie Goldstein left on the | Princess Mary for the south. ) The Juneau Firemen swamped the Juneau High Scheol five the revious night at basketball by a score of 32 to 20. The Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company's production for the was saying Happy New Year. High, 43; low, 39; cloudy “Neither you or I can do NEITHER is properly followed by NOR, EITHER by OR. Say, | “Neither you NOR I can do it.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Obese Pronounce o-bes, O as in NO, in BE, accent second syllable OFTEN MISSPELLED: Hippodrome; two P's. Illusive, illusory, deceptive, unreal, WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is youis.” Let us ng one word each da Today's word: sening. (Pronounce the U as in CUBE. false reduction; le: to be withdrawn."—Fawcett. D e N MODERN ETIQUETTE Hoserra Lee D e e e e e T P SN Q. Should members of the family finished the meal? practiced at home, A. No, unless for some urgent reason. When it becomes natural when outside the home. Q. When a salesman enters an office where women are employed, should he remove his hat? A. Yes; any gentleman will do so Q. Should a hostess show that she is upset if all her guests have not arrived at the time they were expected? A. No. [OOK and LEARN A C. GORDON — 1. How far is the moon from the earth? ! 2. 1Is a naturalized citizen eligible for the Presidency or Vice-Presi- dency of the United States? 3. What fraction of a ring is pure gold if it is marked *“18k"? 4. What ingredients are mixed to form concrete? 5. What is uxoricide? ANSWERS: 1. 238880 miles. 2. No. 3. 18/24, or * pure gold 4. Cement, sand, and gravel, with water. 5 ‘The murder of a wife by her husband SMITH HEATING and APPLIANCE CO. FORMERLY SMITH OIL BURNER SERVICE 0il Burners — Plumbing — Healing DAY PHONE—476 NIGHT PHONE—GREEN 605 »455aeiisesTEEEEEE Delivered to your job in required quantities—— Ready for your men to pour—at $18.50 per cu. vd., f.e.b. plant. Hauling charge 15¢ per truck mile. 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