The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 7, 1948, Page 4

PAGE FOUR . 7 Daily Alaska Empire 3 Publiched every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Msain Streets, Juneau, Alasks BELEN TROY MONSEN - - - - DOROTHY TROY LINGO - - Vice-President WILLIAM R. CARTER Bditor and Manager Managing Editor CLMER A_FRIEND ALFRED ZENGER - Business Manager President Second Class Matter ntered In the Post Office in SUBSCRIP" Delivered by carriet In Junean s for $1.50 per month) six months, S8.00; ene year, $15.00 T+ mail. postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, $15.00; #ix months, in advance, $7.50; we month, in advance, $1.50. Subscribers wil ccnfer & favor if they will promptly notify e Business Office of any faflure c: irregularity in the deltvery af their papers Telephones: News Office, 602, Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for epublication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- #ise rredited in this paper @nd also the local news published nerein. NATiunAL REPRESFNTATIVES — Alaska Ney Pourth Avenue Bide., Seattle, Wash. pavers, 1411 STRENGTH AND READINESS enormous eco- , we tend to So steadily have talked of our nomjec and military strength in Americ forget that potential strength is not the only require- ment for an effective role in world politics. There are times in history when readiness is even more important urces to support a war struggle, the victol coalition of nations that can petroleum, rubber we undertake to measure the strength of the States and the with this yardstick, find it very comforting. Today we produce fully five times as much of these things as does the Soviet Union. We them as do Russia we than potential res In any long militar; is won by the nation produce the most steel, explosive, equipment, When United we y usually and precision Soviet Union produce three times as much of and her satellites In a long war that would be d take a long time for us to convert industrial capacity at home into fighting power in the combat zones. For we are quite thoroughly “reconverted.” Our aireraft industry, for example, is a pitiful shadow of what it was in 1944-45. Our armed forces are large by pre- war standards; but for the Na they are skeleton forces or else service forces to do special jobs such as occupation of Germany and Japan. In terms of readiness, we are not in position to make our potential weight count. The Russians, in sive. But it might except * eral District Court in Was immediate evacuation of Germany and Austria. The a corporal's Should leaving 125,000 troops we now have in Europe are guard in terms of combat power in major war we could only pull out of Europe hole Continent to the Russian hordes, and hope hope that Great Britain could he held, to for ultimate offensives. There is no particular reason to e to this either this year or next. worth to recognize that in the conditiong, our potential capacity to support a long war is not the only high card in the deck. If we also troops in readiness and ample in readiness, we would have & grim .poker game now in progres war come against serve as a base think it will But it is well while present had ample combat strategic air power better hand in the | Mr. Lewis Picks His (New York Times) seems as though nearly every time the world situation or the national situation becomes really bad, when every citizen should be ready and eager do his part, Mr hn L. Lewis appears on the sc with a man-made catastrophe of his own. Thes of the best bargaining moments, and of Mt gets his way, or a considerable portion st year he overreached himself, with the result that Le and his organization went through the humiliating experience of paying a heavy fine for disregarding a Government injunction. This year he is is again with pension demands which the op- Time | erators rather convincingly maintain would wreck the | coal business, penalizing it particularly when business in general is poor. He has not, by his own account, called a strike. He m; stated that the operators had “dishonored” their contract, whereupon 90 per cent of the miners “spontaneously” left the pits. Re- cently, true to his form, Mr. Lewis made it known in contemptuous words that he had no use for the | operatcrs’ regular negotiators, though “purely as a matter of rcutine procedure” he graciously consented to “have a representative committee” of the UMW | present at the meeting called by Cyrus 8. Ching, Chief of the United States Conciliation and Mediation Serv- | ice. This man of the people does not like to bother with those he cunsid underlings. 1t is, of course, tempting to dwell on Mr. Lewis’ | personal peculiarities. Yet he is entitled to be ar- rogant if ne wishes. Employers, even those in the coal business, have been arrogant. But Mr. Lewis is not entitled to defy the laws and the courts or to do irreparable damage to his own country and its people. We believe there is enough strength in the Government and in public opinion to keep him from doing so. Yet time is running out. If the coal stoppage continues steel production, not yet too seriously affected, will | be crippled. Train services have already been cur- tailed. A prolonged shortage of coal would slow down the whole industrial mechanism of the country. It would impede interim aid to Europe and menace the ERP. It would provide ammunition for our enemies abroad. It might tip the delicate scales of destiny against us. We do not believe Mr. Lewis intends these things to happen, though it is hard not to suspect that he is using them as bargaining points. But whether by conference or by the legal action on the pension fund that the soft coal operators have carried to the Fed- hington, or by executive ac- tion under the Taft-Hartley Law, it seems to us that Mr. Lewis this time cannot be permitted to get his way THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA et O i | - = = APRIL 7 Mary Monagle Gordon Wildes Olav Lillegraven Cedric Davis August P. Anderson Denny Merritt Olive Kelly Grace DeWitt e s 6 v o 00 0 00 D CHIANG KAI-SHEK WANTS TO RETIRE AS CHINA HEAD Surprise PrE)—p;sal Made to Government-Wants fo ' Fight Communism By HAROLD K. MILKS ANKING, April 7.—(®—Strong- willed Chiang Kai-shek appeared today to be winning support for his plan to surrender China’s Pres- idency an independent in the interests of national unity. It was indicated, however, that he’ll remain the government's top man as Premier A spokesman spid he wanted to give up the Presidency to lead a “Holy War” against the Chinese Communists. jang made his surprise pro- posal to the Kuomintang (Govern- ment party) Central Executive Committee. Formal action awaits a special session of that body to- morrov The Kuomintang stand- ing committee, which met today to draft recommendations for the meeting, was reported swayed by the Generalissimo’s arguments. A member of the standing com- mittee said later it had voted to urge Chiang to reconsider and ac- cept the Presidency. Its petition will be presented to the full Cen- tral Executive Committee tomor- row ne Communists must be beat- said Chiang, “if China is to an” live.” D D 20 YEARS AGO 73 The WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1948 HE EMPIRE APRIL 7, 1928 irand Jury made its report and was dismissed. ———————e ) The Douglas Firemen announced their annual dance would be given on Friday, April 13 All Juneau churches were planning extra musical programs for Easter, also the Masons were to hold their annual observance in the lodge rooms in the Odd Fellows' Hall Excavation work was proceeding on the Scottish Rite Temple site Weather: High, 40; low, 39; rain and snow. e e et e | Daily Lessons in-English . 1. corpox — e = WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I am through my dinner.” Say, “I HAVE FINISHED my dinner.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Swathe (to envelope) as in SWAY, TH as in SMOOTH | increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Lewd: EW. Fewd; EU. Pronounce the SYNONYMS: Vigilant, watchful, awake, wakeful, wide-awake, wary, alert, cautious. WORD STUDY: se a word three times and it is yours ‘Today Let us 's word | FALSIFICATION; the act or process of representing falsely. (Pronounce first syllable FALL; principal accent follows second A). tion of his books was discovered.’ MODERN ETIQUETTE Y%prrra Lee Q. What is the best way to go about making up the list to whom | wedding inyitations are to be sent? A. The preferable way is for Q. for some time in a hotel? A. Yes; this is usually expected. Q. A. Only when the invitation is extended over the telephone. wise, it should be accepted by letter. ] “The falsifica- v the bride and bridegroom to maek‘ up this list together, consulting the parents of both families, of course. Is it correct to tip a chambermaid when one has been. staying | Isn't it permissible to use the telephone to accept an invitation? Other- S e e teday”? 1 What there flags are embodied in the Union Jack? Who was President of the United States in 1804? What is the name of the highest mountain in the world? What is the best-developed sense in most animals? ANSWERS: The English flag of St. George, the Scottish flag of St. Andrew, and the Irish flag of St. Patrick. Theodore Roosevelt. VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS Taku Post No, 5559 Meets first and third Fridays. Post Hall, Sew- ard St. Visiting Com- rades Welcoma VERM METCALFE. Commander: WILLIAM H. SHERLOCK, Adjut- ant. You'll Always Get a Better Deal in Fur Styles and Values at Marfin Victor Furs, Inc. Swedish Fur Craftsmen for ‘Three Generations | “Sav It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURS!” Juneau Florists PHONE 311 fl: fiwin FeedC Office in Case Lot Grocery PHONE 704 HAY, GRAIN, COAL and STORAGE CALIFORNIA Grozery and Meat Market 478 — PHONES — 371 High Quality Foods at Moderate Prices STEVENS® | LADIES'—MISSES’ | READY-TO-WEAR seward Street Near Third | | | | | | | | { | i| Alaska Music Supply, |, Arttur M. Uggen, Manager Planvs—Musical Instruments and Supplies Phone 206 Second and Seward HEINKE GENERAL REPAIR SHOP Welding, Plambing, Oil Burner Blacksmith Work GENERAL REPAIR WORK Phone 204 929 W. 12th St. | i | Who said, “Never leave that for tomorrow which you can do war‘ield's nrug s:ore (Formerly Guy L. Smith Drugs’ NYAL Family Remedies HORLUCK’S DANISH ICE CREAM MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. WILLIS R. BOOTH, Worshipful Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS. Secretary. €) B.P.0.ELKS Meets every Wednesday »* 8 P. m. Visiting brothers wet- come. VICTOR POWER, Ex- alted Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Sec- retary, CHARLES R. GRIFFIN Co 1005 SECOND AVE + SEA™IE 4 - ElLior 5323 SR e .S_'ernhqflhrtafic/unkly( r— e Beri’s Food Center Grocery Phones 104—105 Meat Phones 39539 Deliveries—10:15 A. M. 2:15 — 4:00 P. M. ———————— . s "The Rexall Store” | Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. HARRY RACE Druggist “The Squibb Store” Where Pharmacy Is » Profession ARCHIE B. BETTS Public Accountant Auditor § Simpson Bldg. Tax Counserr FOR ! Wall Paper | Ideal Paint Shop | Phone 549 \ Fred W. Wenat | did not “recqnvert.” They steadily are in- creasing their heavy industries. They are building mllitary aireraft at a rapid rate. Their army is a Mt. Everest Scent. Benjamin Franklin contrast Paisy's Litile (row Raises 5. School Troubl ST e REORGANIZATION 2 DEPARTMENTS, by threats. If he is so permitted it will be not only the public that will lose but in the end the miners themselves. For when unjust claims are made and big, lumbering, ill-equipped force. but is ready. upjust measures taken in their behalf their just And it is a combat force, not a service force. claims and just measures may later be called in It is no secret that American war plans call for juestion. Huichings Economy 5 Market constituent agencies of an agency withia the Agriculture Department | Choice Meats At All Times PHONES 553—92—95 to be known as the Agricultural The Charles W. Carter, S&T i Men’s and Boys’ Clothing | ACROS STREET FROM Wartield's Drug Store Box 1465 Phone 677 The Alaskan Hotel Newly Renovated Rooms it Marvin, former chief counsel for (p—Mary’s little lamb could be tied the Congressional Air Policy Com- ot home, but Black Billy Crow is mittee, has been so concerned so persistent he should get a re- about {1 problem that he has de- po-t card from Washington Grade time and bank ac- | Resources Administration. The head | offical of such administration would | be responsible for the land resources |of the Nation. The agency would Kentucky, Hatch and Kilgore of West Virginia—took the trouble to The Washingion speak against the G.O.P. motion oi Sehool. Merry-Go-Round > . to override the By DREW PEARSON i i AIR ARMADA (Continued from Page One) threatening southern Dem- with anti-tobacco, anti- cotton and anti-peanut legislation unless they give up their fight for reveal of the margerine taxes Unti! las the mar- gerine bills had been bottled up in ccmmittee by the Republicans, led by Andresen. But Congressman | Harold Cooley of North Carolina nas now mustered 218 signatures on a discharge petition, and will force a bill before the House this s o1 our weel underwater times larger than boat fleet at its states. What' sesses the which is to locate Werld War The present in and stockpil forward bases Research tee, is &6 Baats Development confidential repor this age of lines n st | which W all be air. ing threat When Andresen heard about it, he hit the ceiling He warned outhern colleagues that he expects to take agriculture chair- man next year, and swore he would make it tough on southern legisla- tion. He is counting upon a Re- publican victory at the in November which might elevate the present Agriculture chairman, Clff Hope ¢f Kansas, to the Cabinet as Secretary of Agriculture Meanwhile, housewives are pay- ng taxes on margerine as high as 10 to 12 cents per pound over as 60 and polls the the Board argue maintaining the when the target vance BEHIND THE TAX ' OVERRIDER behind the Congressional overrider of the President on the tax bill is that Truman originally intended to send his veto message to Congress on April the last d: he could act, instead of Ap- ril 2 He suddenly This supply mum means should and air Story Al was determined availability of next war will be the report changed his plans, hewever, upon learning that House Democratic leader Sam Rayburn planned to leave for Texas during the weekend and would not be on the floor to lead the ebate against the overrider So Truman called Rayburn | the and Senate Democratic leader Al- y ben Barkley of Kentucky, told the first them of his plans to send up the this need, veto message three days early now have in the leaders could rally Democrats freight planes. in both houses to make a ser- planes are jes of speeches. They were tolair freight lines, cherge the Republican tax writers CAB certificates with trying to krupt the na- More than tion in order to win votes in the companies have next election veterans since However, these Wi doze are rlans fell through. Rayb who and are clamorir is still sore at Truman for split- ting the Democratic party cn 3 civil rights issue, didn't even both- er to take part in the debate. In @ ireight line jact, there wasn't a single speech a CAB certifica Ly a Democrat in the House sup- first case hasn't porting Truman’s tax position. yet In the Senate only three Demo- declares. have w have 4,000 carrying to take chiefs must in ca 50 House aticns. After n of applying, not President. While the Pentagon boys empha- size the importance of the draft, the National Defense Research and Board of an armada of cargo planes blitz warfare, swift means America up a vast merchant marine of the The report emphasizes the grow- cf Russian which could make sitting ducks out ccean transports. navy deadly times Kill" IT subs strategy is Board “Targets ,should location of bases bases should become pendable as shell cartridges.” ? ke transport come the backbone of supply though World War II strategy the availability of air lift controlling. factor 4,000 PLANEs NEEDED In closed-door testimony off enemy the ¢ the operated 400 V-J engaged s0 they can carry on regular oper- has been voted his own count to promoting a marine of the air. He has prepared figures to show that certificated lines, which have been consistently in the red, could cperate in the black for a change if they had cargo revenue com- ir in. This would also reduce senger fares, which were raised in 1947 by a vote of the merchant has written a t urging the need In supply and flexible, must build report, prepared and Develop- the same The military for the Research ment Board, preaches doctrine. “Let us assist our domestic overseas airlines,” it urges, “on the same bold scale as our fore- fathers did our railw: FROM WRANGELL Mr. and Mrs. Tom Elswick of Wrangell are staying at the Baranof Hotel. submarines, Russia’s is already five 1 the German U- peak, the report more, Russia pos- German XXI more difficult He comes to class every school day. Principal Elsie Johnson wishes Billy would play hookey. He clowns on the window sills, heckles any chasers from a rooftop refuge and ally manages to get inside once, twice, or many times a day. His home room is the fourth grade class. There he is near Pat- sy Rancore, his, owner. But he wanders around the building when shut out of there. “Imagine trying to get tion on arithmetic,” says Mi ise Barter, the teacher, crow is a visitor.” If a ventilating window is open slightly, Billy’s ebony head goes inside— of his atten- Lou- when a seorn. - Genuine Levi’s, now | Casler’s. | d available at 840 tf than standard of digging material at rejected by ing also . Dried coconut meat 4. Comes In Pale Watered appearance Mouse opossum Front of the foot City in Nevada Chess pleces Open dish Petals of a ACROSS 1. Old card game 4. Footless animals Rainy Turkish Student Number Visitor Vegetable rganisms determine the not vice versa,” s. “The need for base should cease is destroyed. Ad- as ex- 12 title 138 1 15, 17 and mini- be- construction cut to a must a8 Roman_ road eparate Hanging wreath Uninte Chin the the largely shipp by in Restaurant Lirst word a cheer the Charm military rned that they cargo planes with Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle Evil deed Copy arly Amerfcans Musical work: abbr. Spongy tissue in the skull Leader of the Green Moun« tain Boys . Obtained a prize DOWN creement aweed product pacity o1 C-54's at the drop of bomb. Against ertificated airlines Und Irritable Caustic alkall . While Pliable . Frighten air less than 60 An additional 125 Tactful Abound verson by veterans' still waiting for Explanatory note Kind of oak . In this place Song Arabian small been aviation set up by seaport Fxtended view day Several in air 1reight ing more for certificates, 12 ea. three ye a single veterans’ awarded fact, the heard te. In even been One private citizen, Langdon P ' nams Choice tea Musical closes Iiluminated 5. Note of the scale Ipecac plant . Peruse Animal doctort colloq. Headpiece . Conjunction black NOW PROPOSED |also consolidate the Forest Service, | the Soil Conservation Service, the A broad reorganization of the In-|Production and Marketing Admini- terior and Agriculture Departments |stration and the Bureau of Plant is proposed in a bill introduced by |Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Chairman Clifford Hope, Chairman, Engineering, now within the Agri- of the House Agriculture Commit- tee calling for trans: terior bureaus to | Department. | The Bureau of Land Manage-“ ment. the Fish and Wildlife Ser-| vice and certain functions of theitric Light culture Department. r of three In- 1 - e the Agriculture JUNEAU Co. April 7, 2 o'clock: WUMAN'S CLUB Business meeting in Alaska Elec- Penthouse, Wed., 854 2t r——-—; nd his cawing is « recital r ELLIS AIR LINES DAILY TRIPS JUNEAU TO KETCHIKAN via Pelersburg and Wrangell With connections to Craig, Klawock and Hydaburg. Convenient afternoon departures, at 2:30 P. M. 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