The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 9, 1948, Page 4

PAGE FOUR = | to govern themselves in a democratic spirit and beat off the recurring encroachments of those who would | ‘dvslmy their democratic freedom. : : Daily Alaska Empire Published every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks HEELEN TROY MONSEN - - - - DOROTHY TROY LINGO - - - Prestdent | Keeping Secrets Vice-Presiaent | S ' APPY SLFRED ZENC 277 7 -7 Business Manager | The United States has become a great world|q > s Reies = —— | power, deeply involved in global politics. It holds JUNE 9 he Post Office in Junenu s< Second Matter | . y Entered in the Post Offlee 1 tonens o rroond Class Mattel |, 1one the secret knowledge of the atom bomb. Its|e Delivered by carrier In Junewn aud Dousias for $1.50 per month | intelligence services--we hope—are accumulating a vast | o 3.3, Maberis siv months, $8.00; one year, $15.00 | 3 PRt ey A h 4 . 4 By mail. postage pald. at the following rates: body of hard-to-get and valuable data on the equip- le Mrs. Shell Simmons One year, tn advance. $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.80; | ment, capacities and intentions of various foreign na- | o E. S. Hawkins ndvance, $1.50. | wil: ccnfer a favor if they will promptly notity | tions. \ee of any fallure or irresularity o the deliver’ | weapons we month, Subscriver ‘he Business O o their papers. Telep'ones: News Office, 602; Business Office, 374. are at work on various new | es greatly the need for strict- Our armed force All this incres e est secrecy in the handling of information, designs and | o plans. 5 Yet just at such a time, when the need for rigorous | o . . Hazel- Gray Gene Lundstrom Mrs. T. B. Garrett Clara Burns William Walcott Mrs, T. M. Tomlinson R O ASSOCIATED PRESS | Press 1s exclusively ontitled to the use for The Associated wpublication of all new wise credited in this paper ‘erein. NATiUNAL REPRES Peurth Avenue Bid# dispaehes credited to it or mot othes~ secrecy is paramount, the Rules Committee of the #ud slso the local news published 1 .o of Representatives is recommending & bill| which would compel any executive agency of the gov- | ernment to hand over any information in its possession at the request of any Congressional committee. And | ——— each committee, by majority vote, could make public‘woms' the assighment ‘of duplicate any information so obtained. | nynibers had TEERITION tha. pater The Rules Committee is trying to sugar-coat this | oo “an timec reckless step by subjecting committee members, as | Even more serigus, many install: wel} as newspapermen, to a year in jail and $1,000 fine | o " Lo " o a0 hug - down for disclosure of information ruled to be confidential. I temporarily for lack of spare parts, But this shouid not mislead anybody. The Congress- |althcugh the parts were dissovéred man who whispers would be hard to apprehend %mdllater under different numbers, This impssible to convict. The newspaperman Who print- o oneq 1o one of the powerful ed the information whispered to him would be 8| adar sets in Panama during the sitting duck g of 194 The way to keep secrets is to confine them to | SPring o s (5o CRORL was " {in constant danger of Jap attack. public officers rigorously selected for their reliability 3 8! p 4 | To the horror of the Army, it was and subject to the discipline of the services to wm(‘h\dmm*m’r(l that the replacement and with remarkable effectiveness—not by threai;j ~“ 5 E i and with remarkable effetciveness—not by threats ftlvl.‘,,:,": ‘2;:) ‘:a:“:\‘; t:r;‘:;;“‘:‘; of fines, not by censorship, but simply by resh'ictmfiziW"‘\Ih(n'l;mn R ARE mIMOIE Rkt r'ma 2 y p few persons g iz information of value to the enemy to the few | was ordered flown to Panama at who need to know it. iy 8880600000000 - - e ® 0 9t s 00 000 ATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 ¥ . Wash. NEXT SUNDAY TO BE BUSY ONE Just looking over the advanced calendar for Sun- ‘The armed forces, the State Department and some | e, B 15, ook a s day 1 e o VLAY e agenls o g et t sarni. (i i b busy one. and effective methods of classifying information as to i Zmrchmu| l.h‘m;‘:lghbi:us rv\;:lrehfou.:;s,. e . \ srce 1S 3 s def cy. tecting that secrecy.discovered eilg: ns ol e The Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce i5 due its degree of secrecy, and of protecting v avtitle’ R e st to All this will go by the board if any committee of Con- | identical gress can demand and get any information it wants,;Wushlnzlun for. But they were and then vote by simple majority to make it public.|all stocked under different num- To be sure, Congress is the paramount policy-mak- | bers. ing body of the nation. Its members need accurate and complete information. But in a dem;)cratic iwocietg; ON . WHE TRVMAN b eakl ; also need the utmost freedom of speech and | N : T e rmey are not, and cannot be, a dls’:lphned1mrA‘)l“f'l‘\‘lr::(‘:.-lt:‘iwzrisa“d;:;dP:SI?: service trained to safeguard valuable secret data. EeE . Q! 2 # | ductors. Smiling, the President It would be a pity if the present Congress, piqued | ;i «1f it weren't for me, you by its failure to get an FBI report on Dr. Edward U. wouldn't have a job” The con- Condon, should so remake Fho law as to ‘nhALLEr (.he ductor reminded Truman that all entire em of safeguarding classified information |, .q.0q employees are working for in the executive departments. Next year, and for some time, thereafter, the President and the majority of Congress will be of the same political party, no doubt. Cooperation will insure that the committees of Con- iress will get the information they need, without a rule of law that opens the safes and locked files in all the agencies of government It would seem wise to wait a year, and then see if un National steamer Prince ; Southeast Alaska here on the Canad George, making the ini The University of Washington Glee Club is also new rip here Sunday and will give an afternoon concert. Also next Sunday, is scheduled the annual Shrine Picnic Incidentally, the Girl Scout Camp opens Sunday Now, if the weather only holds good it should be lites. a fairly active Sunday for June: FINLAND SCORES, SLIGHTLY “That's right,” re- | plied Truman. “I hope it won’t be 4for long.” . Most of the Tru- man specches are being rewritten {on the train by hard-working Pres- | idential General Counsel Clark Clifford and Press Secretary Chair- |les Ross from drafts forwarded by | brain trusters in Washington . . . | Truman w: introduced at Fort | Wayne by ex-Senator Sam Jack- |son of Indiana . . . Jackson, now of in strike threat. read vears aggression aggres- One the record Europe over the Nazi or Communist sion—without realizing that the Ministry of Interior is no proper place for an enemy of the state to be lodged. In most European countries the Minister of Interior controls the police throughout the country That is why the Communists today would rather have \ypo problem has not evaporated with the change of the Interior Ministry, in a country marked out for | political atmosphere. other cabinet portfolio except | AL cannot seizure, than any Premier. v Brannan And that also is why tne Finns have been troubled % (Washington Post) o “‘"‘““HY 9 ‘“"s‘n 2 f”;};?:":;z, 5 x;:l‘:l;.m} | Given the prevailing direction of the political|the man who saved Truman’s neck nserior. WA NSNS : " | winds, Mr. Charles F. Brannan may be only an interim | at the 1944 Chicago convention by munists, and Nazis before them, used it—to DPrepare |go . ot Aoicuiture, and may not, in consequence, | hastily calling a recess just as the way for a coup d'etat {carry as much weight with Capital Hill as he would | Henry Wallace was about to be Skillfully and firmly, President Juho Paasikivi jn other times. But this does not lessen the need for | nominated for the Vice-Presidency and the Finnish Parliament maneuvered Leino out lligent spokesman and planner on agricultural |. . At Crestline Ohio, a swich- of his post. They forced him out when he refused to | matters. Mr. Brannon has made an avocation of con- 1 ing point, the President was intro- resign gracefully, but they did it without giving the | servation, including reclamation of agricultural land,|duced by ex-Governor Frank Laus- complaint |and his capable handling of a variety of tasks assigned che, also running for his old seat. Soviet Govenment any formal ground for 4 i or Intervention Finnish Communists, to be sure, ‘hnn also qualifies him as an expert on Vlong-rnngv‘Nmther Jackson nor Lausche spoke = farm planning. It has been said that he is a lawyer | for President Rocsevelt in 1944, launched strikes in va industries. | S e | ¥ Fisk e e ausr. & tha PIOnIAL |who has demonstrated his ability, to become an ad- | Rather than risk trouble, however, the FInnish |y,ipiqrator without being tied down by his legal| leaders then appointed the wife of Leino, herself the |¢raining real leader of Finnish Reds, to a cabinet post without | It is especially encouraging to weicome Mr. Bran- portfolio. This makes the Communists of Finland nan as the second career-employee member of the happy. It deprives Moscow of any possible basis for Cabinet. Mr. Brannan reportedly was former Secre- protest. And still it gets rid of a Minister of Interior |tary Anderson’s personal choice as his successor, and who was infiltrating the police with Communists. the appointment thus provides a needed continuity in Once more the Finns have shown that courage departmental policy. Indeed, it is within the Depart- Sl donmimon sense’ can g0 & long way to stave off ment of Agriculture that Mr. Brannan may be able to 5 |do his best work in enlarging on one of the dis- Soviet aggression. In a violent showdown, of course, |yintive accomplishments of Secretary Anderson the | SPOKANE, June 8.-—A dynamite Russia could take Finland, lock, stock and barrel. But, | welding together of many divergent factions into an |SXPiosion five miles southwest of short of that, the Finns have the wit and the stamina |efficient team. | here today killed a truck driver and O G £ 3 __|shook houses throughout the city.! | A pickup truck loaded with super- eliminate 63,000 duplicate items nul‘senmr:,[vc dynamite was torn ;i»le‘m of 220,000—a reduction of almost|twisted fragments and no trace | 30 percent. i i couid be found of the driver, Leon NO ARMY-NAVY UNIFICATION |. e—— iOrl:ird 30 | , 30. | The greatest argument in favor | RED TAPE | Oriard helped operate a powder of Army-Navy unification was pool- | It was also found that 8500 dif-| magazine at Marshall, five miles ;Irutk Is Blown Up, Dynamite Explosion; ' No Trace of Driver tree where they can't be seen from | | the street. {he Washi;lglon Merry-Go-Round By DREW PEARSON 5 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ~ | the President, thanks to the raiiroad | { running for his old Senate seat, is} Q. What b R e e ' 20 YEARS AGO T EMPIRE JUNE 9, 1928 The Elks beat the Moose the previous night by a 6-3 score. {Koski hurled for the Elks and Pete Schmitz for the Moose. Shavey Stan Grummett, after spending several weeks in Juneau, returned to his home in Seattle. sam Baker, traveling man, was at the Gastincau. May Sabin returned to her position in the Territorial Treasurer's office after a two weeks vacation. I Clerk of the Court John Dunn left for the south to attend a Grand {Lodge meeting of the Masons in Tacoma, i i The committee to have charge of the Fourth Celebration was named and consisted of William Myren, M. H. Sides, Harry Sperling, E. M. |Goddard, J. T. Petrich, H. J. Thompson and L. Kean. J. B. Burford returned from the westward on the Yukon where he had been on a business trip. The Indian village of k(llisnno was reported entirely wiped®out by a fire which raged one afternoon and night. Over 200 persons were homeless. ( Mrs. H. O. Adams and M J. B. Godfrey entertained at bridge in honor of Mrs. Norman Sjursen, visiting here. | | Veather: High, 74; low, 71; clear. L e ‘ Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon e ) WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Come and see me some- time.” It is better to say, “Ccme TO see me sometime.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Profile. = Pronounce last syllable as FILE, and not FEEL, accent first syllable, DFTEN MISPELLED: Prophecy (noun). Prophesy (verb). | SYNONYMS: Answer (noun), reply, response, retort, rejoinder, re- jpartee. { WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us ]mcroxse our vocabulary by mastering one-weord each day. Today’s word: CIRCUMSPECTION; attention to all circumstances. “The truest courage is always mixed with circumspection.”—Jones of Nayland. | MODERN ETIQUETTE %operra 1em | { ' Q. Is it necessary to reply to a wedding invitation? ! A. Not if the invitation is to the church ceremony alone. However. I if the invitation is accompanied by cards of invitation to a breakfast | tor reception following the ceremony, an immediate answer in writing— accepting or declining—should be sent. Q. Is it necessary for a woman to remove her gloves when shaking hands? | A. A woman never removes her gloves to shake hands, no matter | when or wheré, and never apologizes for wearing them. is the correct way to eat fruits, such as apples and | peaches? | A. Peel the apple or peach with a small silver fruit knife, cut it into {quarters, and then convey to the mouth with the fingers. F e U S R SO ) LOOK and LEARN 2 .. coroow 1. How many yards are there in one mile? 2. How old was Columbus when he discovered America? | 3. How many muscles are there in the human body? 4. What is the most fundamentally useful metal? 5. Of what country is the kangaroo a native? ANSWERS: 1. 1,760 yards. 2. Forty-one. 3. About 400. 4. Iron. 5. Australia. C. J. EHRENDREICH — C. P. A. BUSINESS COUNSELLOR Accounting Systems Taxes Phone 351 Room 3—Shattuck Bldg. ing of supplies. It was estimated |ferent types of bearings were hand- | is brother, (Continued from Page One) rom here. His Drother, Marcel that the taxpayers could be saved |led by the Navy during the war,|Oriard, said the driver apparently < a lot of money if the Army and yet the Navy had 264,000 different | was hauling “three or four cases of lars of the party, Senator Taft,| Navy bought their supplie: to- types in its records. In other!super-sensitive ditching powder.” pushed the bill through the Sen-|getl instead of bidding - e e L - - - ate. | each other P ot However, Secretary of Defense | Forrestal, supposedly a businessman, | TRUMAN MERRY-GO-ROUND |naen't even accomplished this—de- Scoret Service has placed alspite the fact that he knew from ACROSS double guard around the Truman | recent war experiences how great . SgEgents of train at each stop because of White | this waste was. | 5. Fruit preserves Hou tioubles with the railroad| If the Armed Services kept a| 9 Mineral spring They recall that during i single, Sears-Roebuck type of cata- | '% S¢jAmerican the 1920 rail strike, Woodrow Wil- (logue of their supplies, it would | ien Hebrew 4 son was subjected to much em- bring about great saving } barrassment during a speaking tour| Back when he was still Secretary when striking switchmen uncoup- of the vy, Forrestal, himself, di- | led his p: e car, letting the rest'rected the Navy to prepare a single of the train pull out of the sta-|system of cataloging. But he later tion without him The President 'ignored his own directive, and has has with him a draft of the Demo- |done nothing more about it since cratic National Committee’s new taking over as Secretary of De- ' Solution of Yesterday's Puzaly $2.50 political handbook, “The Pow- | fense . Domestie fowl DOWN er of the People” by Senator Mc-| The waste that has resulted from Sdmisod 1. Fragrance > 30 Truman “ex- | this lack of uniformity is astronom- (SeNIAT SYRIEE N Wkl 8, Turning deyice. tempor ‘ cluding a | ic For example, $30,000,000 V o & incl ical. oxar D 7 & Egyotian fcker lipe for local aud worth of tubes were purchased by Comminderss were largely written ‘in ady the in 1942—enough to last ol Truma em between stops | for vears. Yet the following | i el d and sometimes alters them when week another order was placed for - Sandarac tree he gets on his feet At Gary, |$60,000,000 worth of tubes—because % g Indiana, for instance, Truman's at- Army had to stock different | B AL tack on Congress was As a result, Army ware- Sraiian 108 Congressman Ray wed with tubes that Denuldsten . Depos diana. Before intr ghtly from each Eiropean to his huge labor audie more than a prong oeiye told him: “This crowd i differently | shelters AN ELEENEE LEEEK . On the shele tered side . Vebicle for snow travel but don’t pull any pur you've got anything to s this overflow was mul- hundredfold by duplica- | E E \ HEEK LENEEE 52, Smooth 4 Toward the mouth Congress, lay it on th xk numbers. Normally, Jog a result, Truman, 3 ufacturer’s number would Ficdo queen ned to make a shor -minu article; so if ; Wikards' talk In Gary, spoke for 20 minutes turers produc- T, s in a rippin ttack on 20 different ,Fuukem: b for doing nothing about 1 ed and . Cold piercing wind of of living Just before I unrelated . . Arabia k. ks e = . Boleaguerment Washington, the President insta .% / . Worshiper of four old-fashioned rocking 1 Corps discover- / / Siva . P o JEE d . & foron cated in the southwest co of | 400 techn| 7/1: b1, Western state W the balcony behind a shady elm jen out the records. After a three- spite the fact that one of the pil- month analysis, they were able to Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1948 The B. M. 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