The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 24, 1947, Page 4

PAGE FOUR e e Da" y fluslm Emplre J day by the G COMPANY Alaska - President Vice-President Jitor and Manager aging Editor iness Manager Otfice in Juneau as Second Class Matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES red by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.50 per month; tered in the Py Delive fix months, $X.00; one year, $15.0 Ail. postage paid. at the following rates ad 5.00; six months, in advance, $7.50: | { theg. will promptly ilure or irresv the del 3. 602. Business Office MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS o s ely entitled to the or not news pub use for ished Alaska Newspapers, 1411 OUR SU Rl‘l US It was indeed an epochal event when the Federal Government closed the fiscal books for the year with a surplus of three-quarters of a billion dollars This marked the first time in very close generation that the Government of the United States had operated on a balanced bucgei. Children born in the last year of a Federal surplus—1930--have grown virtually to manhood and womanhood without know- ing what it means for their nation’s government to pay its way as it went The 1946-1947 surplus is the largest in history. It is not, however, a triumph for economy Expendi- tures for the fiscal year totalled upward of $41,000,- 000,000, still two-thirds as great as the preceding fiscal year, which embraced many wartime outlays. The deficit in 1945-1946 was $20,000,000,000 Thus wartime taxes made possible the surplus once some of the expenses of war were stopped There's little comfort in the thought that the costs | of Federal Government have sought a new peacetime level so high that it requires wartime taxes, full em- ployment and boom times to make the budget balance | with a billion dollars or so to spare. Before we're too | happy about the surplus, therefore, we'd like to see | some assurance that the budget can remain balanced without such extraordinary income as the government to a is now enjoying Back to Jungle Law? | (Washington Post) The twd ClO unions wh\ch have declded to submlt (he Washmglon ¢ the luctant to put a heavier part of its investments into | cracked cylinge: Senator froin Missouri seethed with | no issue to the new National Labor Relations Board are assuming the attitude of petulant schoolboys. So long as the law requ-red fair play on the part of the employers alone they were delighted to invoke it. Now that it also requires fair play on the part of unions the United Steel Workers and the United Electrical, | Radio and Machine Workers will remain strictly aloof. | Presumably they will under:axe 10 deal with all unfair labor practices on the part of employers by direct © action. This could only lead to frequent interruption of production and loss of wages to the detriment of | ® labor and management alike. Of course, the decision will not give either union immunity from the operation of the Taft-Hartley Act. | If any union engages in unfair labor practices, it ma be brought before the NLRB on charges made by an employer the Electrical Workers seems to mean is that unfair practices by unions and workers will be punished while | those committed by employers will go un- | For it is not likely that the union will be able to strike every time an employer is accused of violating the act, and if it should do so the efl'c(t\ would be to punish its own members, along with the employer, for an offense that was solely, his. The two unions in question appear to be saying | that they do not believe in orderly . procedures for settlement of charges against themselves. Only em- | ployvers should be subject to the law. In pursuit of this irrational policy they are willing to sacrifice the rights of their own members to have charges against em- ployers heard and disposed of in an orderly manner. The United Steel Workers have gone to the additional extreme of voting to eliminate no-strike pledges from future contracts because of their fear that such pledges might be enforced by lawsuits under the new | Labor Act. | many of punished This reactionary attiiude is akin to the last-ditch fights of some employers against the Wagner Act in 1935-37. Apparently it is based on the native assump- tion that Congress can be intimidated into repeal of the Taft-Hartley Act. If powerful unions create an atmosphere in which the law cannot operate, the hope of moderating its more severe provisions and correct- its defects will be sharply diminished, in our ing opinion. Congress will be more likely to stiffen the law. Responsible union leaders ought to beware of the danger of getting organized labor into the unten- able position of fighting against all application of public authority to itself. The way to bring about improvement of the Taft-Hartley Act is to let it operate so that the public can see where its defects lie and aid in their correction. Is Still Slow Housing Busine: (New York Sun) Construction by private enterprise begun in May in the nation haa an estimated value of $696,000,000. Of that sum 49 per cent was in housing classified as | “non-farm residential construction.” This may not appear impressive in a period in which the shortage of all housing, and especially of housing for rent has remained acute for so long. ©Oniy slight encourage- ment may be found in a comparison with figures for | May, 1946, when housing formed iess than 43 per cent | lof a total for private construction of $670,000,000. | But what is mcre significant is that last month public housing construction was valued at $12,000,000, com- | pared with $21,000,000 in the same month last year. If the private building industry appears to be re- housing, governmental activity in the field has been shamefully ineffective in the light of all the promises | and programs the then Was laid on the table. indignation | “SUBVERSIVE" ROCKEFELLER M'Gfl'nou“d There was almost nothing too FOUNEATION —_— harsh for him to say about Patter- | Frank Jewett, “vesident of the (Continued frum Page Onej son—at that time, Bell Telephone Taboratories and S RS S Last week, how going to have to dig into your own stepped out of office Harry Tru- demy of Sciences, has written a, jeans,” needled another Democrat. man, forgetting the past, turned on strong letted to George Merck, New | Forand pointed out that most the magnanimity. Jersey Republican leader, appointees already Committee hear- cf Knutson’s had testiiied at words to d ings and favored exactly the same ycur countr tax legislation advocated by big been magnificent business. deal of your work of the & “1 fail to see why we need to pay $25.000," he declared, gate the national “when we al- “It is hard for me to find proper cribe your s he wrote. “It nate Committee to investi- How well you acquitted your- r, as Patterson former head of tie National Aca-, ing against the efiorts of another New Jersey Republican Conglessw man, Parnell Thomas, to smear Dr. Edward Condon, head of the U. S.| Bureau of Standards. Dr. Condon, one of the nation’s| deiense program. leading atomic scientists, gave up | an important job in private indus- ce to has I saw a great when I was head ready have their views on record.” . When Knutson made it pluln‘%l’“! try to become head of the Bureau that he intended to make no TRUMAN HATES of Standards. Today, Thomas and | changes in the advisory group, For-| The reverse side of Harry Tru- his Ul)-Amel'xcan Affairs Commit- | and. suapped: “This 15 merely 8| man is fllustrated in his pettiness, o 818 L¥ing fo amear Dr. Gondon] case of legalizing an illegal act tak- | joward ex-Secreta en several weeks ago.” After the discussion simmered | that no civilian di down, Knutson turned to the Com-!the home iront t mittee and spoke humbly: “It's up ' png of gasoline, oil and coal. Fur- 4 | fa yon. T want you fellows to de- | thermare his ‘almost aingle-handsd | aericansSovies . Sclentists Soglely cide.” |itand to safeguard the nation’s has brep ?fl"kw,_h“a"“a“y by that The Committee decided, 18-4, 10 | tidelands orl has noy been vindicat- | Y6y “Subversive” outfit—the Rock- “save face” for the Chairman Here are some of the tax advi ers for whom the taxpayers will now pay $25,000 for advice on fu- However, Harold Ickes. It is generally agreed ed by the Supreme Court. because Truman’s personal friend, Ed Paul- v, over the tidelands oil case, and as a Red, because at one time he was a member of the American-| Soviet Scientists Society. | Apparently one thing Congless-| man Thomas overlooks ry of the Interior d a better job on han Ickes' hand- | eteller Feundation. What the action of the Steel Workers and | ® '1oWA | Beebe's JULY 24 le B. H. Manery Dan Ralston |® Marie Williams ° Mrs M. Meahlon \. William Mahoney Gertrude Evans . Elizabeth Rollins M. T. Hopkins ..oo.ll' B ""ENEMY"" SPOTTED BY GOVERNORS ON TRIP TO HAWAII Floating Mine Seen on Pa- cific-lowa Stops to Explode It ABOARD THE BATTLESHIP ENROUTE TO HAWAIL| This mighty battle- | long enough today lu all much to governors, July 24P ship paused fire with her enemy” — of nine state a lieuten- ant governor and governors of Alaska and Puerto Rico. The object was identified as floating mine, encountered at Mid- way between the West Coast and gunners trained 20 and ieter guns on the bobbing and fired bursts. ritle champion, object rine Corps’ Tech learned Sgt. Maxim Beebe, who sharpshooting as a boy -around Enumclaw, Wash., scored repeat- ed hits with a 30 caliber M-1 but was unable to detonate the miine. spotter recorded seven hits from ranges between 500 and 250 yards. While watched | ject fine of fire guns. The Towa was delayed 30 ‘min=}: utes. most of the from the bridge, lly disappeared in a from marine and navy governors the ob- B —— NOTICE The Territorial Health announces the invitation of bids for furnishing fire insurance on hospital equipment and supplies located near Seward, Alaska. Inter- ested bidders may obtain bid forms ang specifications by |room 106 Territorial Building, Ju- | neau, za. Bids will be received| until 2:00 pm., July 30, 1947 adv. —————— IF YOUR mCTiiET IS NOT EARNING FOUR PERCEN1 it will | 631-t3 protest- | pay you to investigate our ofleringsl |in well chosen investments, ALAS- KA FINANCE CORPORATION, | Cooper Bufldmg. 4th and Mamn. NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING Notice is given that H. I. LUCAS, Administrator of the Estate of Hen- ry Behrends, has filed his Final Report and petition for distribution, and that a hearing will be held thereon before the undersigned at Juneau, Alaska at 2:00 o'clock P. M. | on September 3, 1947 at which time objections may be filed and contest | made to the Final Report. Dated at Juneau, Alaska, July 2nd that the | 1947, FELIX GRAY, U. S. Commissioner and Ex-Officio Probate Judge, Juneau Precinct. | First publication, July 3, 1947. (COPYRIGHT, 1947, BELL SYNDICATE. INC} fought | ~ Ickes Last pubhcauon, "qu 24, 1947, ture taxes: Roswell Magill, Wall|recigned as a result—Truman has Street tax lawyer; John L. Con- pever forgiven him. A whole parade nolly, counsel 1or the Minnesota cf civillans who performed jobs on ACROSS 38, Of w historical Mining and Manufacturing Co.; the War Production Board—some | 1. Offerto pay period Cheever Cowdin, chairman Univer-|of them unheard of—has trooped 4. Doomed 3. Female deer sal Picturss and Transcontinental 'into the White House to receive the ! 9- Portionota 13- i0pashs e : i cuive over- Air Transpoit; Carson Dunaan,!Legion of Merit from the President.' 13 aAmerican ings the Amer.can Association cf Rail- But not Ickes. He will probably be Indian - Brseently roads; John Hanes. director of Pan i the last man the sometimes vin- 13. Small staiue 6. Youandl American Airways, Sperry Gyros- | dictive Harry Truman will ever for- 14 Ocean gl D cope, Johns-Manville, U. S.,Lines, give. 18- Uagaratand i. The herb eve Bankers Trust, and American Su- [ A% Tated whsel, TR PXerkieen perpow. CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS |y wifily nuia £F Si20r corn i Talk about red faces! Nearly a . Occul 9. Burst forth TRUMAN LOVES month ago the House Judiciary 35 Dueines N In Harry Truman's make-up runs a queer mixture of great magnani- | p; mity and petty vindictiveness. He can be as big-hearted and forgiving « Latter Day Saint, but he can remember personal grudges even more diligently than Franklin Reosevelt. 4 For iustance, most people who vead the fulsome praise Truman heaped on Bob Patterson when he|Clifford Case of resigned as Secretary of War did ! cpposed to the b not know that at one time Truman write a minority was so sore at Patterson he advised 'lieve it or not, Roosevelt to fire him as undersec-|Graham of retary. write the Truman's ire especially surged the penalty over the Cznol oil project in Alaska | of Congress, which Truman regarded as wanton!had alreacy waste, and which Patterson staunchly defended. Newsmen who talked to Truman about Canol and | its Armv backers remember vividly how he boiled over Truman also hit the ceiling when he discovered the Army was cov- ering p cracked airplane cylind- ers manufactured by Curtiss- Wright near Cincinnati. And when Patterson, who was in charge of all; Army production, tried to defend the brass hats and explain away Committee, by McDcwell of Pen inging maximum tempt of Congre: in jail and $500 in jail and $5,000 also sent However, progr for They jail and $5,000 The Committee cide what to do— on a majority 2 minority of its minority report r jority of since minority report, 1eport on mittee's 27 memb Pennsylvania majority being Case’s minority report been members of the 27-man committee. |, were cpposed to five years in fine contempt of Cong! report its members. It decided, | a majority to do nothing. The | contel ! a voice vote, ap- 23 Appeintment . Facing up- »d a bi v esentative oi- Frolic stream on & ed a bill by GOP Representative 370 [eserter glacter nsylvania increas- 3L Slender fintal 62. Equailty DOWN Shrub penalty for con- ss from one year fine to five years fine. Of the Com- 23 were pre- essive Republican New Jersey was ill and decided to report. And be- before Rep. Louis could | report raising in contempt LT oAl T signed by 14 for being in press | tinally met to de- whether to stand | representing members or on a epresenting a ma- had signed the | mpt of Congress” | Crossword Puzzle Solvtion of Yesterday's Puzzle 2. Cenus of the 5. Virginia 6 willow 3. Profound 4. Conflagrations Egyptian god . Make Into leather . Kind of mineral 8. Take out . Continent . Hire . Article of food . Young dog . Cover with jewels . Misicads . Forerunner of the violin 5. Music drama . City In Italy . Kind of moss . Pertuining to the planet Mars . Australian wild dog Devoured Father un away to marry . Goddess of dawn . Note of the scale . Parts . Putin . Roman bronze . Skin excre- scences . Crusted dishes . \lam uline name . Cautious . Debased Irish colns 51. Cut of meat . Opera by Verai . Sidelong glance . Instrumental a guns on A 1| the delight | the Territorial | The Ma- | burst | Department of i calling at| 20 YEARS AGO % . JULY 24, 1927 Miss Minnie Goldstein of the Nuggct Shop left on the Alaska for a week's business trip to Wrangell. HE EMPIRE rrrrrrrreeeea) Cuba Wheatly had arranged to close her dancing engagement in the | Palace by staging the “Black Bottom" contest in which a number of Juneau girls were to take part. The audience was to decide the winner I of the contest by applause. ;: J. W. Gucker returned to cuneau on the Alaska after a business trip ! | to the westward and into the interior of Alaska by way of the Yukon He went down the Yukon on his boat the Nancy Lee, 28 feet inj length. He was accompanied by Gil Rich of the Black Manufacturing | Co. of Seattle and Nick Monjo of the New York Fur Auction Co. The party visited at Iditarod and Tanana and ascended the Tanana River as far as Nenana. i e | Fresh ranch eggs were selling three dozen for $1 at the Saniraryf Grocery. River The Bristol Bay salmon pack was 500,000 cases short of what it hadi been the previous season, according to H. B. Friele, General Mannger\ Nakat Packing Company, who had visited in Juneau the p:enoum | | ! lof the ® ! day. S | | The Norconian, Capt. J. G. Johnson, 110-foot pleasure yacht of Rex { Clark, Los Angeles business man, which passed through Juneau enroute {to Skagway the previous Saturday, reached port at Juneau during the |afterncon on her return trip to Los Angeles. ‘ Weather report: High, 51; low, 49; cloudy. | 't Daily Lessons in English <. 1. corpox {| WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “If either of the men want | to go tell them to see me.” Say, “If either of the men WANTS to go, | tell HIM to see me.” EITHER is a singular noun, and the pronoun :md' verb should be singular. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Appucuble. Accent first syllable, not | | the second. H OFTEN_ MISSPELLED: Paderewski (Polish pianist and composer). SYNONYMS: Narcotic, sedative, opiate, drug. 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: COLLIERY; 2 place where coal is dug; a coal mine. (Pronounce kol- yer-i, O as in DOLL, E as in HER, accent first syllable). MODERN ETIOUETTE ROBERTA LEE || : . S S e SR 1 Q. In whose name should wedding announcements or invitations be‘ senz if the parents of the bride are both dead and her only relative is Ian older brother? | A. Have the invitations or announcements sent out in the name of‘ I"h“ brother. | Q. Is it all right for a man to wear colored socks with full dress? A. No; black hose only should be worn. \ Q. Is it obligatory to send a gift when one is notified of the birth ‘lof a baby? A. It is not obligatory, but is customary to do so. | et ot e LOOK and LEARN 2 .. corpon 1. In what battle, and on what date, was the american flag first ,carr)ed" 2. Do fingerprints change after maturity? In what month are common colds most prevalent? Which is considered the most expensive bird to maintain in a zoo? | 1 ‘Who is known as the founder of modern astronomy? ‘ ANSWERS: ! Battle of Brandywine, September 11, 1777. | ol b o No; the markings remain the same throughout life. ! October. | The pelican, which consumes two pounds of lifl: a day. Copernicus, Polish astronomer (1473-1543). READY-MIX CONCRETE To the Contractor: ! Those of you who have not as yet availed | yourself of Juneau Ready-Mix Concrete | will find it profitable to investigate our product and method of delivery to the job. | o o o o | To the Owner: When you use concrete in your construc- tion—INSIST—on Juneau Ready-Mix Con- crete. IT"S THE BEST CONCRETE AVAILABLE IN JUNEAU and because it is the best it is the least exnensive in the long run. Use JUNEAU-READY MIX CONCRETE on your next job. 2.2 Juneau Ready Mix Concrefe, Inc. PHONE 799 DR. ROBERT SIMPSON as a paid-up suwscriber to THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENING Present this coupon to the box office of the CAPITOL THEATRE and receive TWO TICKETS to see: THURSDAY, JULY 24, 1947 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS Taku Post No. 5359 Meets first and third Fridays. Post Hall, Sew- ard St. Visiting Com- rades Welcome. H. 8. GRUENING. Com- mander: F. H. FORBES, Adjutant. S0 DARK THE NIGHT" Federal Tax—12¢ per Person PHONE 14—THE ROYAL BLUE CAB CO. and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and RETURN YOU to your home with our compliments. WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! FUR STORAGE Cleaning—Glazing—Repairing Marfin Vicfor Furs, Inc. Swedish Fur Craftsmen for Three Generations 'James C. Cooper, CPA BUSINESS COUNSELOR Specializing in Corporation—Municinal and Trust Accounts 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 Foods at Moderate Prices Jones-Sievens Shop LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Third laska Music Supply Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Pianos—Musical Instruments and Supplier Phone 206 Second and Seward EEINKE GENERAL REPAIR SHOP ‘Welding, Plumbing, Oil Burner Blacksmith Work GENERAL REPAIR WORK Phone 204 929 W. 12th St. Warfield's Drug Store (Formerly Guy L. Smith Drugs) NYAL Family Remedies HORLUCK’S DANISH ICE CREAM Hutchings Economy Market Choice Meats At All Times PHONES 553—82—95 he Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 Card Beverage Co. ‘Wholesale 805 10th St. PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT for MIXERS or SODA POP Window—Auto—Plate—GLASS IDEAL GLASS C0. 121 MAIN STREET DON ABEL PHONE 633 BARANOF ALASKA’S FINE HOTEL EAT IN THE BUBBLE ROOM Special Dinner- . 5to8P. M. $2.00 Caledonia Hotel SEATTLE CLOSE TO EVERYTHING All Outside Rooms $2.00 AND UP TIMELY CLOTHES NUNN-BUSH SHOES STETSON HATS Quality Work Clothing FRED HENNING Complete Outfitter for Men R. W. COWLING COMPANY Dodge—Plymouth—Chrysler DeSoto—Dodge Trucks Lucille’s Beauty Salon Specializing in all kinds of Permanent Waves for all MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 SECOND and FOURTH Monduay of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 v. m. \CHAS. B. HOLLAND, Worshipful Master; JAMES W LEIVERS, Secretary. —_————— Silver Bow Lodge No. A 2, LO.OF, Meets every Tues day at 8:00 P. M., I. O. O. F. HALL Visiting Brothers Welcome J. A. SOFOULIS, Noble Grand H. V. CALLOW, Secretary €> B.P.0 ELKS Meets 2nd and 4th Wednesdays at 8 pm. Visiting brothers wel- come. VICTOR POWER, Ex- alted Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Sec- retary. “SMILING SERVICE" Bert’s Cash Grocery PHONE 104 or 105 me: DELIVERY Juneau ’ —_——— "The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. HARRY RACE Druggist “The Squibb Store” Where Pharmacy Is a Profession BOATS BUILT and REPAIRED Channel Boat Works P. O. 2133 West Juneau Across from Boat Harbor Phone RED 110, after 6 P. M. ‘Wall Paper Ideal Paint Shop Phone 549 Fred W. Wendt You'll Find Food Finer and Service More Complete at THE BARANOF COFFEE SHOP 'The Alaskan Hotel Newly Renovated Rooms at Reasonable Rates PHONE SINGLE O PHONE 555 Thomas Hardware Co. PAINTS — OILS Builders’ and Sheif HARDWARE Remington Typewriters SOLD and SERVICED by J. B. Burford & Co. “Our Doorstep Is Worn by Satisfied Customers” FORD AGENCY (Authorized Dealers) GREASES — GAS — OIL Juneau Motor Co. Foot of Main Street MAKE ‘JUNEAU DAIRIES DELICIOUS ICE CREAM a daily habit—ask for it by name “Juneau Dairies, Inc. Chrysler Marine Engines MACHINE SHOP Marine Hardware Chas. G. Warner Co. HOME GROCERY Phone 146 Home Liquor Store—Tel. 699 American Meat — Phone 38 ZORIC SYSTEM CLEANING Alaska Laundy CITY DRY CLEANERS PHONE 877 “Quality Dry Cleaning” ASHENBRENNER’S NEW AND USED FURNITURE Phone 788 142 Willoughby Ave.