The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 2, 1947, Page 4

PAGE FO ; : : 2 Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alaska HELEN TROY MONSEN - - - - DOROTHY TROY LINGO - - - Vice-President WILLIAM R. CARTER - - - Editor and Manager Managing Editor Business Manager Presfent ELMER A. FRIEND O : ALFRED ZENGER - - - . Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier in Juncau and Douslas for $1.50 per monthi six months, $K.00; one vear, $15.00 By malil. postage paid, at the following rates: Cne vear. dvance. $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; sne month, in advance. $1.50 Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irregulerity in the delivery of their papers. Telephones: News Office, 602: Bu Office. 3T, MEMBER OF ASSOC The Associsted Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication o ws dispatches credited to it or not other- r paper and also the local news published NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 urih Avebue Bidx. Seattle, Wash DEVELOPMENT BOARD DUTIES A recent editorial in the Fairbanks News-Miner takes issue with a statement made in Juneau by George Sundborg, ex-manager of the Alaska Development Board and now a $2400 per year “consultant” for that agency. Sundborg stated here that the speeches he made in Anchorage and Fairbanks attacking voting records of some membes: of the Territorial Legislature were not political. He claimed that this was part of his duties for the Development Board. Says the News-Miner: “Any reliable dictionary could be quoted as quarreling with Sundborg on these interpretations. “It is far-fetched to declare that Sundborg’s at- tacks upon certain members of the Legislature can be construed as ‘steps for the development and advance- ment of the Territory’ within the intent of the Leg- islature in setting up the Alaska Development Board. “It takes no legal background to interpret the Development Board as an agency intended to promote business for the Territory and its people, but any attempt to assume that the Board also was empowered to handpick the people’s legislative representatives is beyond the limit.” The depths to which this government agency has been dragged in recent months should be a lesson to fulure legislatures. Under the expert direction of former manager Henry Clark, whose administration was honest, straightforward and non-political, the Al- aska Development Board was an asset to the Territory. But lacking the proper management, the agency can become what it has now become, and what the Legislature never intended it should be—a lush expense ' Puerto Rican Progress | (New York Times) With the si 1g by President Truman of the |B\|llor-Crnw!nrd bill that amends the Organic Act governing Puerto Rico to allow the Puerto Ricans to elect their own Governor, our prinecipal Caribbean possession has progressed farther along the road to the self-government that was promised in 1898 than any other off-shore Territory of the United States, including Hawaii. The Governor of Hawaii still is ap- pointed by the President At a time when colonialism is under attack every- where it is encouraging to see the United States making steadv prfogress toward the granting of full self-government to all our outer possessions. A bil: granting statehood to Hawaii already has passed the House and should pass the Senate at the coming ses- sion. If statehood for Hawaii becomes a fact it is likely similar action on Alaska will follow. Organic Acts have been drafted for Guam and Samoa and should be acted on also at the next session of Con- gress The next step, so far as Puerto Rico is concerned, is for Congress to offer the Puerto Ricans their choice of several forms of government and then order a plebiscite to let the Puerto Ricans themselves say by democratic means which type they prefer. A plebi- scite without a Congressional guarantee that whatever choice is made will be granted would be only an academic exercise. In the meantime, however, the economic condition of the Puerto Ricans poses a problem for the United States that should be solved. Relatively, the Puerto Ricans are better off than some of their Caribbean neighbors. But living standards there still are below those of the poorest mainland States. And that should not be good enough for the United States Government. What is needed, everyone is agreed, is 2 diversification of the economy and establishment of industry to ab- sorb the surplus population. The land now is in- habited almost to the saturation point, with only one acre of poor soil to maintain each of the islana’s 2,000,000 persons. Private capital has shown little in- clination to take the initiative. Perhaps the Puerto Ricans themselves can map out some long-range plan. If they do, it should receive earnest attention and action by the United States Government. Puerto Rico, too, is a part of the world and our especial responsibility. Conditions should not be allowed to drift from bad to worse as they have been drifting now for several years. 1 ! Business as Usual “ (Cincinnati Enquirer) H Any fair appraisal of the position ot labor since | the Taft-Hartley Act became law shows that the leaders who screamed the loudest against the “slave bill” are doing business very much as usual. If they |have become enslaved, there is little evidence of it. | If the power of unions has been broken, there are no | signs. Commenting on the matter in the New York Post, | Victor Riesel reports that he has checked on every {big union in the country, and finds the leaders of +all of them operating as usual, and battling with one 'another as usual. Save for a shake-up in the pross section of the CIO, he found no disposition to learn ia lesson from the Taft-Hartley Act, no inclination |to tackle any such problem as the democratization |of union structures. Neither is there any sign of willingness to settle the AFL-CIO cleavage, despite the obvious fact that |this split is handicapping all elements of labor in Ithenr effort to use the power of numbers in politics this year and next. In short, it appears that major labor leaders have made up their minds, quietly, that the Taft- | from THE EMPIRE —d 20 YEARS AGO SEPTEMBER 2, 1927 The Princess Charlotte went aground near Wrangell on the previous !night as it was proceeding in a dense fog. The ship was refloated about | eight hours after and the 269 passengers were transferred to the Ex- i plorer, a Coast and Geodetic Survey ship and taken into ‘Wrangell SEPTEMBER 2 Curtis Rodney Bach Jefferson Taylor Edna Wallace Claire Woolsey M. T. Hutchinson Mrs. Effie Raymond Mrs. M. R. Rogers Mamie Martin F. F. Wolfe | SR Mrs. H. Bishop, elementary school principal and teacher of the | eighth grade and Mary Kolasa, who was to téach the sixth grade, left | Seattle 0. the Alameda for Juneau. i ! Johnny Harris and Evereti Nowell left in a speed boat for the district ;soulh of Juneau on a hunting trip. They were to hunt for both deer and | duck. | e 000000 0o - SEWARD DOCKMEN RETURN TO WORK; WILL ARBITRATE ; SEWARD, Alaska, wept. 2.— CIO longshorement ar: back at work here after a strike of more than three weeks over a dispute with e the AFL Sailors Union of the Pa-| Sam Feldon returned from a four-month trip to England. Mrs. cific on unloading of hatches. iFeldnn was to remain in England until the following spring. The Union Secretary Gus Werner said | Peldons went to England via Canada and Mr. Feldon returned by way the longshoremen have agreed to re- | o¢ the Panama Canal. They spent most of their time in Liverpool and turn to their jobs after receipt of & |,1g0 o short tour of Scotland and Wales. letter from the Seattle office of ihe | National Labor Relations Board that | a field representative will be sent to Seward so0n The longshoremen had Thursday night to end their strike as soon as the NLRB named a defi- nite date to consider the dispute. - - - 'WESTFALL SALUTED ! | FOR ASSISTANCE AT J. J. Meherin was in St. Ann’s Hospital with an infection believed | to have been caused by a mosquito bite. Suffering with severe colds, Mrs. Joe Kendler and two children, were being treated at St. Ann's Hospnql. i Mrs. Axel Kronquist of Douglas, was happily surprised on her birth- day when a group of her friends dropved in upon her in the afternoon lat her home to celebrate the occasion with her. Mrs. E. Berggren and |J. 1. Conn were the hostesses About 25 guests were present Mrs. Kronquist was presented with a beautiful casserole by her friends. ‘Weather report: High, 49; low, 47; rain. - o e et e e we | Daily Lessons in English 3. 1, corpon 3 WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “The event which transpired vesterday.” Say, “The Event which HAPPENED (or, TOOK PLACE).” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Adobe (an unburnt brick dried in the sun). Pronounce a-do-bi, A as in ASK unstressed, O as in NO, I as in !IT accent second syllable). OFTEN MISSPELLED: Carte blanche; observe the two E's. DERBY SITE SUNDAY | SYNONYMS: Leave-taking, adieu, parting, farewell. A special salute to Jack West-| WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us fall, Captain of the Monterey, was | incease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: given today by Milo Clouse, chgn.!DEMURELY; soberly; gravely. ‘They looked as demurely as they could.” | man of the Juneau Salmon Derby|—Dryden. Committee. Clouse commended | Westfall for his unselfishness and | cooperation in aiding the success| of the Derby. He said that West-| fall refused a lucrative charter voyage for his vessel in order that, he could accommodate fishermen | on the boat who could not secure other means of participation in the Derby. MODERN ETIQUETTE by ROBERTA LEE | ——— o $ Q. Should children be expected to spend much of their time with} their elders? ! A. No, this should not be expected. The companionship of children | Westfall also rendered other |of their own age is much better for them. It makes a child too sophisti- “ material aid, Clouse sail. He de-|cated to spend most of his time with his elders. | layed his return to Juneau after| = Q. When a guest at a bridge party wins first prize, should she open | the Derby in order to pick up OFjj ang show it to the others? | | | | | | { | 1 : rescue occupants of many small| A. Yes, by all means. This is one method of showing your apprecia- boats who were endangered by the ton b Youti {high winds in the fishing area.|t0n 0 your hostess. This was done, the | Q. What is the correct expression to use when thanking someone Committee | Chairman declared, = despitz the/for a courtesy? account for the support of political The use of government funds for political purposes is a disgraceful practice which is operation of a democratic government and something | na¢ gemocracy in labor unions is something Congress which this newspaper cannot approve and condemns | cannot impose. whenever it can. The Washinglon Mem-Go-lE[nd ‘Comtinued frum Page Onej other lesser ones, want Green'’s job. Power-hungry Lewis is par- ticularly hot after it. He made strenuous efforts to get it a quarter o1 a century ago af- ter the death of Samuel Gompers. But other ambitious aspirants scuttled Lewis, who in turn block- ed them from snatching the prize That was how Green got it. He, was a relatively unimportant offi-' cer in Lewis’ miners union, and was accepted as a compromise choice. At the time, the squalbiing AFL chiefs figured Green would hold the presidency only for a year or so untll they could get together among themselves. But that was the high hitch. Tkey never could get together, and rather than al-! low one of their number to get the officethey continued to re- elect Green. After 24 years, the ame siiva- tion ctill largely prevails. While nominally pals, none is eazer to That is particul; gards Lewis, wh autocratic pro- clivities are well known to them. The other factor influencing the continuance of Green is the Taft- Hartley act. The AFL is planning an all-out election fight next year again Congressional supporters of this Law. Unity within the AFL is vital. A free-for-all over the Federation's president might en- danger unity. So Green will be kept on—barring some unpredict- able upset by Lewis. If he is planning any apple- cart booting he will probably do it at the executive council meet- ing September 8 in Chicago. Final convention arrangements will be decided there. Also, Green intends to announce he will run again. No upset is expected in inner AFL circles. But Lewis is a law unto himself, and as long as he's around anything can happen. Note: Meany, New York Republi- can and a Dewey backer, ho eventually to land Green's job a compromise candidate. truz as re- ROSES FOR A MISS Six-year-old Patricia McMahon's bizgest thrill this summer was the day her daddy, Connecticut's Senator Brian McMahon, took her to see President Truman. As father and daughter were ,’1934 by tke New Deal when Henry | one of the others in the top job.!Wallace was Secretary of Agricul-| loaded farmers. Hartley Act is not going to cramv their style very fact that a paying charter was' |much. And it also appears they are not sharing this waiting for him at Juneau. The | | Information with the rank and file of dues-Daying'wpover party was delayed several | members, who will have to find out the hard Way p ... py Westfall's good Samari- tan action. * DU SRRl ¢ NEW TRAFFIC LIGHTS Two new caution-stop lights have een installed on city intersections last week by the Juneau Street De- ,partment. Mayor Waino E. Hen- drickson said today that these lights were Installed at dangerous points snipers. dangerous to the They will have to achieve it them- selves. And that will not be easy. ‘abnut to leave their home for the| The Corporation is now starting b all-important event, the pretty, to liquidate. This will take time | blue-eyed little miss suddenly an- as there is still $135,000,000 in out- nounced she had “forgotten some- standing loans. Corporation offi- itmng.” Dashing off, she ran into cials are hoping debtor farmers the garden and picked two big will pay up while agriculture ls‘on an experimental basis. He stated ¥hd. rosss, [still - prosperous. | that if they prove successful in re- The President was 1mmenseiy1 Meanwhile, the Corporation has gycing accidents, others will be ord- | ’p!easad when she presented them|a surplus of $105000,000. And, ered. One light was installed at to him. Taking Pat by the hand, unlike the RFC which is $9,000,- pourth and Main and the other at he escorted her to the rose gar-|000,000 in the red, FFMC officials Twelfth and “E" streets. {den, just outside his office, and|aré in no fear of a Congressional; il |cut two of the prize ktlooms for|investigation. Congress thinks so} IF YOUR wTiE3 IS NOT |her. “They're just your size,” the highly of the agency that, at {se| EARNING FOUR PERCEN1 it will President said, beaming. |last session, its budget Was un- pay you to investigate our offerings “I'd say you got a preiiy good|touched. {in well chosen investments, ALAS- bargain, Pat,” her father said as| Chief operating official of the/KA FINANCE CORPORATION, they drove homeward. “What are FFMC is executive vice-president|Cooper Building, 4th and Mamn. you going to do with the roses Harris Willingham, tall, drawling e — the President gave you?” iVirgmlan. who whimsically des-! GRAVES now have on sale short “Why, daddy, you ought to know ! cribes his agency as “a vivid case green slickers for boys and girls. that,” Pat said primly. “I'm going|of man biting dog.” |Extra small, small, medium and to put them in my memory book,| (COPYRICHT, 1947, BELL SYNDICATE.INC) large size. of course.” = R UNPRECEDENTED AGENCY This is a story about a remark-| 055 able Government lending agency.| Instead of losing money, it has made a great deal of it. $105,000,- 000 to be exact. { The phenomenon is the Federal Farm Mortgage Corp., created in| rd Puzzle 36. 87, 38. 2. ACROSS . Any monkey . Languished . Exclamation . Loose . Old-w it Chide Hand coverings Numoer Fruit of the pine tree Female sand- piper City in Belgium Lauds Note of the omanish four . Appearance . City in Syria . Pack . Devoured Greek letter Spiritualistic meetings . Fill out 26. Polynesian yam . Roman date Dry Lampoons 53. City in Vermont Omitted in 5 pronouncing Metal 40 41 42 4. |ture. Further, the man chiefly re- rons.ble for the success of FFMC| 27 is a professor. He is Dr. William/ I. Myers, dean of Cornell Univer- sity’s Agricultural School, and the first head of the agency. } The FFMC bill was introduced in Congress as an emergency mea- surz to bolster the depression- 325. racked farm economy. It frankly admitted the Corporation probably would lose a great deal of money. But it was held the measure was necessary to salt the flood of fore- closurcs and bankruptcies then en- gulfing farmers. | To raise the Corporation’s capi- tal, Dr. Myers embarked on a bold gamble. He bought hunders of millions of dollars’ worth of 4 per- cent interest Federal Land Bank Londs with Government-guaran- teed 3 and 3% percent FFMC tonds. The profit in the interest was designed to offset the risk in- volved in lending to mortgage- 4 49, American Indian Heron Negative prefix 5S. I'recions ones Novel 59. Mournful Solution of Saturday’'s Puzzle DOWN . Word of sorrow 2. By 3. World's fairs . Moccasin Cancels ligh mountain Fount of the _ Muses . Keep away from . Femule sheep . Type measure Playing cards Ventilated Mi EEE BE ing outside a window Ul mployea In the 13 years of ils opera- tions, FFMC has loaned a total of | $1,200,000,009. The severe drought | year of 1936 was the peak, with $837,000,000 in outstanding loans. | The war saved the Corporation. More than 250,000 farmers paid | off their mortgages in full. In the past six years, FFMC has collected $£20,000,000 in repayments u 37. Protective diteh . Cower _ Incendiarism | Seraped with the forefoot Unit of work . Exis Ma Siamese colng Sun god A. Just “thank you” or “thank you very much.” sions “thanks” and “much obliged.” 100K and LEARN 1. How long did the Spanish-American War last? 2. What is the first tier of boxes at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City popularly called? 3. Which State has the highest average altitude? | 4. What was the first big movie in which the vitaphone was used? What is an iconoclast? ANSWERS: From April 21, 1898, to August 12, 1898. The Diamond Horseshoe. Colorado, with an average of 6,800 feet. “Don Juan.” One who attacks cherished beliefs as shams. a Avoid the expres- IA)‘.. C. GORDON S ) FREIGHT Relrigeration SERVICE {0 ALASKA Regular sailings from Seattle and Tacoma, Washington For Rates and Information CONSULT Alaska Transportatien Company GASTINEAU HOTEL P. 0. Box 61—PHONE 879 Juneau, Alaska GEORGE W. PEARCE as a paid-up suescriber 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: “BACHELOR'S DAUGHTERS" Federal Tax—12c per Person PHONE 14—THE ROYAL BLUE CAB C0. and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and RETURN YOU to your home with our compliments. WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! o VETERANE OF FOREIGN WARS Taku Post No. 5559 Meets first and third Fridays. Post Hall, Sew- ard St. Visiting Com- rades Welcome. H. 8. 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BIGGS, Sce- retary. Things for Your Office | CHARLES R. GRIFFIN Co( 1005 SECOND AVE - SEATILE 4 - Eliot $323 &rwb,l/urb[tmwfl “SMILING SERVICE” Bert'’s Cash Grocery PHONE 104 or 105 FREE DELIVERY Juneau "The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CoO. HARRY RACE Druggist “The Squibb Store” ‘Where Pharmacy Is a Profession ARCHIE B. BETTS Public Accountant Auditor Tax Counselor Simpson Bldg. Phone 757 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. 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