The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 4, 1947, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Dmly ‘41(1‘31.(1 Emplro EMPIRE PRINTING C ., SUBSCRIPTION carrier in Juneau and Doush Yelivered b B MEMBER OF RATES: item that might too generally ador of their t This ow its its bes point a true faults that for $1.50 per month; §15.00 notify A \e\\ atil this mittee’s reorg C the world's large tion between its committees.” Of severe depression The President tage in a their sub-committ Finance and App recommendations meeting joint UP FOR RE-EXAMIN for labor, repr of I now gathered in Juneau for what may well prove the mest important annual conventicn mission to cach House. of the Algsk itorial Federation of Labor that has or will b \ simportant to labor itself and to the Tote of that fact e amount. # The La It is all very well to bid the labor delegates tnic resolution be of the labor movement. Former champions are now that no unnecessar turned critics and many who rode along with the labor movement for tt own personal ‘7'”“ are deserting | o postoffice bui may ear, at first glance, a sinking s do not mean tha But the organized labor movement ell Houses will be abl fsunded e to go under. It can be expected to ride compromise. They stability dominant, gin the process of ssembled here, ATION affiliated with the American Fed- convention program that they will wish them a successful about them; but the velop here can be worth far more 1 that. Organized labor, throughout the nation, is of the most critical noints of the entire history torm and emerge stripped to re { luxuries jettisoned. rd is actually the major deeision t. and Alaska labor, business and industry can profit squarely facing the issue. h\ the course to be followed during the respective Houses must inelude “a ion groups year.” It must be that the debt should be increased by then will be sufficient of our interest where he stands. The new provi sive will never its present un- into the future. heaving the non- matters will be sc the past. The me! sumably have to The coming year it might be time when friends, friends may examine year, new dispensation. does not go so far. never be any more log-rolling. no commercially useless river ever again be increased. It may have to be. “world’s largest enterprise” a more businesslike footing. well be left behind is the attitude sted by organized labor groups: That one who agrees with anything less than 100 per cent g is an enemy. labor can profitably learn to and it is not much to say that well be those who undertake to in its organization and who invite is too often the lot of those willing its aims for error \\ ‘n with the Budget w \nrk Times) . in the words of the La Follette anization revort, Congress supervised st enterprise without any coordina- revénue-raising and appropriating course every member of Congress (N knew that if we spent more than we took in the publiz debt would incerase. were set, each time at a higher level. From time to time debt limits In a period of it did not seem possible to balance the budget and in time of war it certainly was not. But it is strange, in a country where business has been made almost a science, wing expected income against planned outgo was not long ago taken by the Federal Government. that the elementary step of 's budget message will be the first Four committees, or ees, will take a first whack at it These are the House Committees on Ways and Means and Appropriations and the. Senate Committees on ropriations. Using the President's as a starting point, these commit- ly, will draw up and report to their “a legislative budget for the ensuing fiscal year, including the estimated over-all Federal receipts and expenditures for such year.” ‘This report recommendation for the maximum amount to be approvriated for expenditure in such sent in by Feb. 15, With it will go a concurrent resolution for sub- If the estimated expenditures exceed the estimated receipts the resolution must take as the sense of Congress the estimated Follette Committee proposed that passed by a record vote. The law Yet it seems probable that there pressure to compel such a vote, so and state that every member of each House will have to say not mean that there will They do not mean again be dredged, gain improved, no It where an old one would do. They t the four committees of the two le to agree without wrangling and do not mean that the national debt We cannot peer far isions dc ry harbor will ever But the provisions do seem ro mean that these rutinized as they have not been in n who provose to svend money will have to explain themselves to the men who have to think up plans for raising money, and both will pre- explain themselves to the public. is beginning to get on The Washingion Merry-Go-Round from Page One! Continuea uldn't understand how it had leaked to the pre In other words, the Ambassador both admitted and denied that he said what he did—all in the same breath. Perhaps if his Government lets Mr. Novikov hang around long enough, he'll learn to pick one story or the other and then stick to it ARMY l'lll( ATION Public opinion expert George Gallup proved to the last decimal point last week that more men would enlist in the Army and Nav if military authorities had “a tem whereby tional training in the service would count toward high school or college diplomas.” The Army Information and Education branch was glad to hear that they should educate service- men, but they want to know one thing: who's going to educa lup? ‘What he is thi apparently doesn’t know United States Armed e makes ever udy course avail- ailor, marine or guardsman who wants it. A 1,900,000 m already have schooling via USAFI y'Ve credit for it. In ne, 20,000 service- 1 received high school diplomas the Army. These diplomas and AFI's c ge courses are aé- sted for credit by almost every school in the coun Gallup goes on to make the weird statement that army author- e the idea of the to the business of > of Gallup's score- the Secretary of acked General head of the Education ey not only but they do it; books and by the thou- turn- be and good at r of the 22nd s mous 4th Divi- sicn, holds decorations up to Dis- am is as give servicemen all the schooling they'll take as he was in his out- fit's drive across France. And he done just exactly what Dr. liup doesn’t realize is being done wde books help take the gurse off bayonets MYSTERIOUS RENT ORDER There were some very peculiar shenanieans hehind the mysterions 10 percent rent increase which President Truman suddenly killed last week. Inside fact is that the real estate lobby was so close to getting the rent hike approved that the OPA actually had its offi- cial announcement mimeographed and ready for rel.ase to the press. Here is the inside story of what happened and how the CIO’s canny Phil Murray killed the rent blitz. At 11 am. Murray got a tip from an OPA employee that rents were going to be increased. Immediately he phoned Presidential Reconver- sion Director John Steelman. “John, I just learned that the OPA is drafting an order to raise| rents 10 percent through the Of- fice of Temporary Controls,” Mur- ray said. “The order is to b~ re- leased today, effective Fekruary | 1st.” “That’s the first I've heard of it, Phil,” replied Steelman. However, he promised to look into it and call Murray back. Murray had a delegation ready to make a vigorous protest to Steel- man but advised them to wait. Meanwhile he confirmed the fact that the order raising rents not . only had been drafted, but was completed. After lunch, having no frem Steelman, Murray dictated a blunt letter to the President, denouncing the rent increase as a violation of Truman's irequently violated argu- ment to “held the line” on prices. He asked Truman how labor could be expected not to ask for higher wages and not to strike when land- lcrds scalped the nation's tenants. As Murray was finishing his let- ter, he received another call from his OPA informer saying that the order raising rents was about to be mimecgraphed for release to the press. Immediately he called Steel- man again, asking what the Presi-| dential assistant had learned. Steel- man said he hadn’t been able to confirm the report, also that the President’s position was well known as being opposed to any rent in- crease by the Administration, ex- cept in hardship cases. STEELMAN STALLS “Well, I'm telling you, John, you'd better act on this immediate- ly. I've got a letter here that I'm sending over to the President by messenger. 1 can assure you that . there's going to be an awful lot of trouble for the Administration if this thing goes through. I also have a delegation here that wants to see you right away. them?” Steelman said he was busy, couldn’t see the delegation just then. Murray insisted that the del- egation, which represented millions of tenants, had a right to be heard He accused Steelman of giving him the run-around “I just can't see them now, Phil, said Steelman. “T'll call Bob Lamb (the CIO’s legislative representa- tive) when I'm free.” “All right, then,” ray “T assume T'm eettine the - When can you see replied Mur- ‘ around so I'm going to send my let- ter over to the President immed- lately.” Murray hung up, let word ieak to the press that the 10 percent rent in e was in the bag. News- men immediately queried the White House, which finally brought the matter to the President’s direct attention when White House press secretary Charlie Ross laid the news ticker flash on the President's desk. Simultaneously, Murray’s letter was placed in front of the Chief Exe- cutive At this point Truman hit ceiling. “We'll nip this one in the bud,” he said and ordered Ross to an- nounce there would be no rent in- crease unless it was ordered by Congress. In a matter of minutes, the White House announcement was on the wires. When OPA officials saw it, turned green around the gills, tily ripped up the order increasing rents 10 percent, and reversed a previous press announcement that a ‘“statement would be available irom OPA.” So it was a double play from Murray to Steelman to Truman that blocked the real estate lobby's latest operation. (COPYRIGHT, 194", BELL SYNDICATE. the they . INC) well to point out that an THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA =4 z ONE THING WRON = = | KNOWYOUR 6 Z = WITH P-TA SHOW By LEGISLATOR . | > . SAYS EXHIBITOR hd e | Today: ‘ . FEB i i . J :’ USSS’ . e o D (o("u“ ‘There is only one thing wrong | . Ae N . o] with this Alaska Color Variety Martha Jacobs e If, near the turn of the century, Show!” says Trevor Davis. “When | . Bruce Norman o vou had walked into a particular 2M 1 going m-bi able to see all le Bob. Thibodeau o home in Virgil City, Missouri, and the other pictures? I don’t want o . William W. Bergstrand o picked up the well-thumbed family miss a single one, but how can I, . Mrs. Helen Erskine o |Pitle, you would have found.Se€ them and show my own?" | . Samuel B. Baker o |vocorded there the birth of a son, “That’s my plight, too, and I've ° Sophia Benson o Orville Deville Cochran—destined been wondering about the same . olye * to become Dean of the thing” answers Dr. J. O. Rude. | ] Legislative Session,| Trevor Davis will show new films | %002 Rl S P Territory of Alaska. |at Friday evening’s Alaska Color The “Awful Devil” (a nickname Variety Show, pictures which have given him by a teasing aunt) grew “A(HER "ERE ON up in this small town where he WAV 'o S“"MUIE attended grade school and went oh finish high school in Parsons, Kansas. Throughout his early edu- cation “O. D.s” main interest was law so it was only natural that he should sheek higher education along legal paths. He entered and was graduated from the University of Oregon, immediately commenc- ing practice in the city of Port-| land This was short-lived. Bold head- | lines announcing rich gold dx;cme:n ies on the beaches of Nome and' ndant lawlessness caused the budding lawyer to close his doors and head for greener fields. Board- ing a Union Pacific steamer he was off to the new bonanza—arriving in Nome on July 14, 1€00. There, his green fields became tundra for over a hundred lawyers had set up practice! Mrs. Lora. Miller, teacher in the village of Sleitmut, is spending a few days in Juneau enroute from a month's vacation in Seattle. She has the distinction of being the only white woman in the commun- ity, and reveals that her work with the Eskimes is §o versatile that she wouldn't trade jobs with Bess Truman | Besides her work with the 3 pupils of her school, Mrs. Miller bandles =all social and medical work since there is no doctor in the village. The school is the so- cial center of Sleitmut, and Mrs Miller states that the monthly dances held always- draw a huge turnout of all villagers upwards of 4 years old. Eskimo youngsters are very rhythmical, says the teachor 3 and love to sing and dance. Theip | This did not deter Lawyer Coch favorite reading material, incident- 'an. Nome, a seethirg mass of ally, is Sears-Roebuck and Mont- Some 12,000 persons, provided many gomery Ward catalogs. clientele from its flagrant dance Mail is received every ten days halls, salpons and mining camps— via air transport from McGrath, and he prospered. Many are the and the nearest trading post i tales he can tell of this early gold two miles up the Kuskokwim Riv- tWn 2nd notable people who are er, Mrs. Miller said, but despite Part of its gaudy history — Tex Rickard, Rex Beach, and “defen- their isolation, the Eskimos of Sleitmut, numbering 85 in popula- tion, arz a happy, contented people engaged in fur and fishing ries. Although housing fac- fishing in nearby streams. s are covercrcwded to a ser- In 1811, O. D. Cochran marrie s disadvantage, focd and fuel are Miss Inez Huntoon. Together they dant” Charlie Frank who thrice stocd trial for murder. When weary of work, he sought relaxation by busily lentiful since d shared 22 years of happy wedded country and fuel is no life until her unexpected death in hardship. 1933. Over a period of years he serv- ed the ecity of Nome as its Magis- trate, City Attorney, and Mayor. With an excellent legal and politi- cal background (his uncle was Gov- error of the State of Missouri), it was only natural that “O. D.* chould try his hand at Territorial ——————— politics. Elected on the Democratic ticket he first served in the House of Representatives in 1921. After a THOMAS CROOKS HAS i biticc JOINED AFLSA STAFF (%t " S s in 1937 to served continuously for six being selected President in 1943. Tre Second Division can well be proud of its Senator Cochran, After her past ten years of tea ing experience in the States befor coming to the Territory to take over the Sleitmut school in 1945 Mrs. Miller states a decided . pref- erence for her present work among the fun-loving and eager-to-learn native children. Thomas L. crooks has been em- ployed by the Alaska Federal Sav- ings and Loan Association to take never been seen before. These will ! include an aerial reel of the Alaskan | Coast range mountains with tele- | scopic lens views of the Mt. F'slr-‘ weather range, a scenic of the! Prince William Sound area, and an interesting reel of bears, unccm- | fortably close. As an added attraction, Davis will run his film of the visit of the sea | lions to Gastineau Channel last summer, when he caught their an- | tics and frolics exceptionally beau- ! | tifully. | Dr. Rude will present moving | pictures of his westward vncanoni trip last summer down the Yukon | River. He will share the thrills of the trip from Skagway to Eagle, irom Eagle to Shishmaref by way ! of Fairbanksand Nome,and home- ward from Shishmaref through Mt. McKinley National Park and An chorage to Juneau. 1 Mrs. Rude, whose hobby is wild flowers, will show her flower pic- tures from the Interior, as well as pictures of Eskimos at Shishmare and some scenic shots. She invites | the public to ask her questions dur- ing the showing of her slides. Henry Harmon, principal of the High School, says about his pic- tures: “Now understand, my pic- tures I took for my own personal pleasure. They are subjects I want- ed for myself and I think they are | unusual. I have wolverines, sca lions, wild deer, hunting and sport fishing shots.” | Others who will be showing slides | and movies are Dr. George A. Dale, Malcolm Greany, A. N. Eide and Edward L. Keithahn. | This Alaska Color Variety Show ' is given to raise money for the Scholarship Fund, annual project ' of the Parent-Teachers Association. ' Tickets are available at all drug stores and hotels as well as the Snap Shoppe, Hay Shop and Al- aska Musxc Supply e HOUSE MEASURES the position l2ft vacant by Leo L. whose long legislative record has » 2 3 i | Lazetti, who is going intc business b outstagding. slxn‘lnsl.;ul:tl:;;l“'::“lfl‘m | for himself - .- Crecoks comes to his present posi- ! H. B. 25, by Rep. Snider—To pro- | tion with an excellent backzround vide for issuance of medals of hon- of experience, having t2en employ- S E N‘A T E or to members of the Alaska Na- ed by the Peoples Banking and tional or Territorial Guard and Trust Company of Marietta, Ohio, appropriating $900 for the purpose. for sixteen years and by the Cali- MEASURES To Ways and Means Committee. fornia Bank, Santa Monica Branch, H. B. 26, by Rep. Engstrom—To Santa Mcnica, Calif., for two years. require the enrichment of flour and | Prior to joining the staff of the EIGHTH DAY, Feb. 3 | bread to meet certain standards of | Alaska Federal Savings and Loan| (Bills Introduced) | vitamin and mineral content. To Senate Bill 10, by Peratrovich— Increasing maximum aid benefits to dependent children, expanding regulatory control by Welfare De- partment. To Judietary Committee. : 8. B. 11, by Education Committee | —Providing for termination of op- T | eration of rural schools in com- LUGGERS | munities where school enrollment ATTENTION LOGGERS with logs has reached 100 pupils. Daily File. for sale. Contact Juneau Lumber 8. B. 12, by Education Committee Mills. Will buy from 100,000 ft ' —_Redefining school age of children. to 10,000,000 feet. For further Daily File particulars see Juneau Lumber ! §. B. 13, by Walker Setting Mills. 433-4f | March 31, 1949 for termination of Asscciation, k2 was Juneau Lumber countant. Mr. Crooks will work full time to assizt in handling the increased volume of business both in savings as well as the loan program employed by Mills as ae- ACROSS . Pace . Blunder Kast Indlan Ewoia Lears flfl' By way 0 xeltea . Winglike . Container for . Maiayan glhbon ‘own in Ohio Biblical tow. . About . Musical interval 56, Mxist 58, Mreviousiy a letter 18. Myself 10, Feémdmg troughs At home . Shower Tavern thble ou.- dror lamp 28, Utter 30. One of the Slamese twing A (s llfl A N AN HEKL \\ N\ BEL \ World War ITI Veterans Tax. Tax- ation. 8. B. 14, by Cochran—Appropriat- ing $675.10 to reimburse the North- ern Light and Power Company for tax paid on fuel oil lost in storm/ at Nome in October, 1946, Finance (Memorials Introduced) | Senate Joint Memorial No. 1, by Munz—Directs Territory's adminis- trative officers to fight any increase | in water borne freight rates. Daily File. Barflefi on Three | Subcommitiees | | WASHINGTON, Feb. 4—Delegate | Bartlett was chosen a member of three subcommittees of the House Armed Service committee. He was placed on the subcommittee on heavy munitions, the subcommittee on posts and stations and the sub- committez on haospitalization and health, which has jurisdiction on questions concerning the medical corps. Solution of Yestercay's Puzzic Let 1t stand DOWN Bélgian city & R R A LUTHERAN MIDWEEK SERVICE POSTPONED hess pieces Leader of the for Wednesday evening, February February 12. . Ze rooms In progress S e—— . The moon For your surplus money we can now offer a diversified investment, minimum earnings 4%. For details Qrean NOLS Tke midweek devotional service| nt dis+ !scheduled at the Lutheran Church 5, has been postponed one week to, Committee on Public Health. | H. B. 27, by Rep. Maurice John- son—To amend the laws relating to the powers of City Councils by adding subsections on garbage dis- posal, and on creating Planning and Zoning Commissions. To Mun- icipal Affairs Committee. H. B. 28, by Rep. McCutcheon— To create a public shipping author- ity to be known as the Alaska Transportation Authority and de- fine its powers and duties. To Com- mittee on Transportation. H. B. 29, by Rep. Gill-To reap- portion the Third Judicial Division | into election districts and to pro-| vide the number of Senators and Representatives to be elected from each. To Committee on Elections. H. B. 30, by Rep. Gill—To levy| a gross income tax of half of one | percent, with exemptions of $500 for single and $1,000 for married per- sons. To Judiclary Committee. | Joint Memorials Introduced | H. J. M. 5, by Reps. M. Johnson, Joy, Coble and Meath--Seecks legls- lation to grant every Alaskan now in the armed forces up to 160 acres of land in Alaska upon his or her honorable discharge, with a patent to be issued upon application. To Veterans Committee pais B COMMUNITY CONCERT DRIVE 15 EXTENDED| The Juneau Community Concert Association announces that due to the cold weather and icy streets the past two weeks, it has been impossible to contact many people in the residential district who may be interested in seguring member- ships. Therefore, the final date of the membership drive has been ex- tended to and including Saturday, February 8. | The Association wishes to stress the fact that this is an oppor- tunity for residents of Gastineau by memtership only for reasons |which have previously been pub- lished. VAR R I SR ! yesterday.” | increase cur vcesbulary by mastering one word €aeh day. |Channel to obtain something dif- ferent in the way of entertain- {ment, but ®hat admittance will be| call at the Alaska Finance Corpora- tion, Cooper Bldg. 4th and Main Streets ady, 101-16 ll GUEST AT JUNEAU Lora B. Miller of Eureka, Califor- nia, is a puest at the Juneau Motel. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1947 20 YEARS AGO FEBRUARY 4, 1927 Two more doubleheader basketball games were on tap for this night Jrom ) THE EmriRE { } i The Firemen were to meet Chilkoot Barracks and the Juneau High was to play the Skagway High. Gov. George A. Parks and Collector of Customs Jack McBride, can- vassing board, were to start counting the ballots of the November election. The first consignment of spring millinery had been received at the B. M. Behrends Store. Rhodes opened Rhodes Cafe in the Gastineau Hotel. “Dusty” Mrs. Frank Pearce entertained at Douglas with a sewing party for the benefit of St. Luke's Guild The previous night the Eagles quintet won from the Chilkoot soldiers, 44 to 14. Douglas High beat the Skagway High 25 to 10. Streets in San Francisco and Oakland were flooded by a 24-hour downpour The wife of “Snub” Pollard won & divorce, claiming the comedian was susceptible to blondes, but nct in his own home. Mrs. Pollard was g decided blonde. Weather report: High, 38; low, 37; snow. ¢ o, Daily Lessons in English % 1. corbon ; WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “The accident transpired Say, “The accident OCCURRED yesterday.” TRANSPIRE heans to exhale or exercise, hence, to come to light or become known OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Subpoera. Prenounce sub-pe-na, U as in RUT, E as in PEA, A as in ASK unstressed, accent on second syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Anemia, or anaemia. EYNONYMS: Originate, initiate, inaugurate. create, invent, devise, start. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us Today's word: doctrine, cr expression seemingly absurd or cont. ut perhaps true. “This was sometimes a paradox, but now the t'me gives it proof.——Shakespeare. D e e MODERN ETIQUETT PARADOC a statement, oy ROBERTA LEE N —rr e ) Q. Is it ccnsidered polite and thoughtful to fill in a word fer an- other perscn who is talking, or to finish a sentence for him? A, , this is exceedingly rude and is mcst annoying to the speaker Q. What should one do in a public restaurant if a knife or napkin is dropped while at the table? A. Let the waiter pick it vp. Q. Should flu(sls of a house party be met at the train, terminal? A. Yes, if pessible. Otherwise, they should be given explicit direc- tior:s on hew to reach the home of the hostess. LOOK and lEARN c GOhDON’ bus, or air 1. Where was the world's first electrical power station for lighting hemes and offices, and what inventor built it? What three Ncrthern States were invaded by the Ccnfederates during the Civil War? ¢ 3. What was the total cost of the famed Louisiana Purchase? 4. Is the piano a string or percussion instrument? 5. Who was “The Divine Sarah"? ANSWERS: 1. New York City, in 1882; Thomas Edison. & 2. Pennsylvania, Indiana, and Ohio. 3. $11,250,0C0, or about four cents an acre. 4. Percussicn. 5. The distinguished French actress, Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923). S B R e L N Plymbing ® Healing Oil Burners Telephone-319 Nighis-Red 730 Harri Machine Sl_mp, Inc. 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