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

PAGE FOUR ' Daily Alaska Empire EMPIRE PRINTING COMSANY Becond and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks to Alaska. Seattle, even if a of Alaska should | Sound poris to TROY M‘E)rgfl"o . A o EREE- 2l | balance between VOROTHY TRO' e - - - -] | wr SOy CARTER _ « = = Baitor snd Manager | Will go far towa ELMER A. FRIEND - - - - Managing Editor | freight rate problel ALFRED ZENGER - - - - BSCRIPT ATES: Qelivered by earrier | nesu A Dougias for §1.5¢ ver month: x months, $8.00) wne year, $15.00 stage pald, at the following rates: ce, §15.00; six months, n advance, $7.80, . $1.80. An editori n ccnter & tevor if they wili prompily notity iy fallure or irregularity n the delivery Sntered in the Post Office in Junn.u as Second Class Matter , S0 N By mail. One year. in a ww month, b adv Jubscribers will \be Business Office of any o their papers. Telcohones: News Office, | tion which had es 2. Business Office, 374. MEMBER O¢ ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Pross is cxfllutiv!i:d!ngtled to lll.t ! yepublication of all news dispa‘ches credited to 1t or not v £ ) Vise rredited in this paser #ud also the local news pubiisbed Admiralty Island sereln. ! Interior Departmen NATIUnAL REPRESENTATIVES — Aluska Newspupers, 1411/ If there is any wourth Avenue Bidg, Seattle, "Vasi. | Department of Interior boys it is that they never stop trying to grab everything they can get their hands on even to the extent down. their insatiable itc interests. of tomorrow of W not interfere with S AGAIN INDIAN RESERVATIO} sain to the reforestation such Indian reservations in Alaska are fore. Attention is called to today Merry-Go-Round written by Robert S. Allen in which lishment of a pulp new insight to this important question, especially to us in Southeast Alaska, is The item on this subject should be read by all interested. e terioration of milli in the forests. set forth. , LEGION C NVENTION this measure. GOOD SETTI The American Legion, Department of Alaska, has | provided a special setting for the convention to be | held next year ‘The convention will meet in Mt. Mc- ¢ Kinley National Park. This was the choice made at the recent convention held in Sitka. Hope for Alaska; Bureancrats Say They've | Learned ! Alaska, because of (Seattle Times) Alaska needs more gainfully employed populatiol Men at work constitute the most important resourc of any nation or region Alaska’'s need for men al ’ work is perticulaly striking because the vast area of lated communities the Territory includes land, timber and mineral re- sources, awaiting only the application of human labor to be twned into wealth that will add immensely to common knowledg values already represented in Alaska salmon and gold ments among the Alaska also needs a better rounded economy and at any price. more self-sufficiency | Some of the n. defense work in From these and other standpoints, the plan of the Too often they are ment to establish a number of agri- Will do whatever Interior Depa ‘They | economy for Alaska, one that will produce a better Business Maneser | ).+ has held back Alaska development. Interior Makes Another Try calls attention to an abortive piece of suggested legisla- in the closing hours of the late special session of Con- aress Senator Capper slipped a bill into the hopper “be“ which would make a public park and game refuge of other departments fancy the have securely nailed For years Interior has been attempting by every trick known to the game to get control of the forest lands of Alaska either for the purpose of satisfying ch for the creation®of reservations or to control shorelines in order to harass the cannery We are strong believers in the value to the Alaska legitimate effort should be made to preserve it. The cut- ting of timber, however, on Admiralty Island and the establishment thereon of a pulp industry need not, and under Forestry Department regulations, would of the island nor would it in any substantial degree mar the scenic beauty of the area. washington sion would take care of the future while the estab- fit all Southeast Alaska and prevent the further de- We agree with The “Em) organizations and individuals interested in the future % of Alaska should get busy to prevent the passage of {tation, will be doubly penalized. | number of the » 'would reach navigable rivers caunot now be landed | worth of t before winter closes in and they are ice-locked. Iso- gency stocks will be hurt. Now let us mention two deterring factors. The minute on€ concession is granted | will be a perjury they will find a new one to prevent any settlement. [zo YEARS AGO #%%s Emrire SEPTEMBER 9, 1928 should prove of great value to greater self-sufficiency on the part reduce food shipments from Puget the Territory. A better rounded inbound and outbound shipments, rd solving the trahsportation and ms and wiping out the vicious spiral SEPTEMBER 9 . A. F. McKinnon . University of Washington. John P. Monagle Jean Johnson Betsy Anne Hakkinen Mrs. Fred Peterson « Isabel Conners Maybelle Curtiss R. M. Robinson Larry Wright (Alaska Weekly) s a recent issue of the Juneau Empire caped our attention. weighed 11 pounds. It semes that N. G. Nelson left for Ketchikan aboard the Queen. He had been here for several days in charge of the erection of the new building at the corner of Front and Pranklin Streets. 0 be administered, of course, by the t. e e 000 00000 one thing that you can say for the — serious housing shortage. It is running out of space to store the endless flood of government rec- ords and files. Archives officials see no other alternative but to ask Congress for a new building. The bulging condition of Na-| tional Archives is an illuminating commentary on the stupendoiss amount of paper work ground out by government agencies. The Ar-| Weather: High, 51; low, 48; cloudy. chives building is only 14 years|——— e old. Starting with 1,000,000 cubic | reemserrereeseeseeses. feet of storage space, the structure | g v 5 : ff Daily Lessons in English %, 1. corbox is fast filling up its last 150,000 - {feet. Meanwhile, permanent gov- ernment records that National Ar- WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “On the table there was |neatly arranged four beautiful vases.” Say, “there WERE.” Two new members were elected to the Douglas Fire Department. They were Ed McCormick and Sam McGee. of trying, to pry logse things that Dr. Howard Hughes, who taught chemistry for two successive years in the Juneau High School, was to marry Miss Piere Spaeth, daughter of A. J. Spaeth of Ketchikan. Dr. Hughes was recently graduated from dental college, which he had entered after leaving Juneau. The construction of the Willoughby Avenue bridge started this day. ildlife and fully agree that every the wildlife and game possibilities § chives must preserve are piling up Selective: cutting and |8t the rate of 250,000 cubic feet as demanded by the forestry divi-|3 Year. e OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Ivory. Pronounce i-vo-ri, three syl- industry on the island would bene- SHORTS _|lables, and not iv-ri. Rep. Sam Rayburn, Texas,| OPTEN MISSPELLED: Cafeteria; observe all the vowels. former Speaker, is in heavy de-| guNONVMS: Gu ey i " mand: & 8 shmpaiener. The 5 ess, S ise, conjecture, prophesy, divine. Democratic National ~Committee | WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us has more requests for him than ‘ increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word: for any other member of me}DRASTIC: extreme in effcet. “Any drastic laws, enforcing Sunday bservance of regulating presonal habits, are popular called blue laws.” ons of feet of timber now rotting pire” that all — | House . . Maryland veterans of ;0 & 4 4 the famed 29th Infantry DIVISION | e oo Regarding Maritime Strike {are blasting the army for demot- | v _— ing their wartime commnnder.\ by Ketchikan News) Maj. Gen. Charles H. Gerhardt, to| i Without attempting to judge which side is right or | the grade of Colonel Leon | ROBERTA LEE $ | wrong, we all know the efects of the maritime strike | Henderson, former OPA Director | e e e et ettt et} will cause irreparable harm and damage. and head of the anti-Communist| Q. Is it proper to touch the lips with the tips of the fingers that The Public, as usual, will be the main sufferer.| Americans for Democratic Action, | pave been dipped into the finger bowl? its dependence on water transpor- |is the economic consultant for a| al] A. While o 4 largest industries | ften done, one should learn to eat without making the While the U.{“ps greasy, It should be sufficient to touch the lips only with the millions of dollars [PPKin- and other Q. If a street crossing is dangerous, is it proper for a man to the Chiang jtake a woman's arm to help her across? Kai-shek government is allowingi A. No; he should offer his arm, and the woman should place her huge quantities of surplus war hand lightly within the curve of his elbow. goods to rust untouched on Pac-! Q. If it is necessary to turn one's back towards another person, ific Islands 3 Justiqe Depart-:shou‘d one apologize? ment officials say positively there| A. Yes, always. indictment in| the Chambers-Hiss case, but won't effects will be retarding of vital Alaska. Freight in the country . . . which ordinarily ', is sending machinery supplies to China, which cannot afford to carry emer- It is e that there are Communist ele- strikers. These do not want peace D e the “tail that wags the dog,” and they can to cripple any defense g\lxdtg;m thich one will be prose- | I.OOK a nd I_EARN bA:,{ i GORDON cultural colonies in Alaska is a promising one. Refer- work. £ s, L el ence to these projects as “new Matanuska coloni On the side of the emplovcrsdls‘ an dele%int,, e Al SRR, < 1A may be unfortunate. The Matanuska vc(\)lunlylh‘.\d its “f,h,“h f‘v;:}lltj ’h:)w L!o sz&l’ fl;eturm‘ins estroyed. €y | o ®, 1. During the administration of what President of the U. S. was the ups and downs. The downs naturally attracted the |care nothing about public mtersst. ¢ s TIDE TABLE Sl b S e 3 ] most attention Fortunately on both sides these are in the min-| & o g. ? ; Whether its difficulties were due to bureaucratic - Ority Unfertunately, however, they form an active| o SRETRREE 10 o 2. In what'country are the world’s largest iron ore deposits bungling and red tape or to an element among the minority, delaying peaceful negotiations 5k e Ay . | located? . early colonies which anticipated a rather more de Some people want to run to the Government to| J leh t.lidel i “m Rt 3. Whose likeness appears on the U, S. five-dollar bijl? Juxe type of ploneering than Matanuska could offer take a hand. But the government can and should | m‘; i d:' 12:56 st Ml 4. Which is India’s principal river? is debatable. At last accounts, the Matanuskans now mlfl'fer" only in cases of bloodshffi or damage to prop- | J High tide, 19:01 l:’m 141 1t 'li 5. In what Wagnerian opera does a swan appear? on the job are doing all right by themselves and €rty, or in case of a national emergency. = * sl e Al ANSWERS: certainly their agricultural production has been more | * Peaceful collective bargaining is still the free| 1. James Madison (1751-1836) than welcome to Alaskans in general. American way for negotiations between employees and TN 2' 4 it 7 Whatever the rights and wrongs of the Mata- employers of any class. us READY 'I'o A(I f 8 AN ; nuska adventure, there is reason to hope that the Perhaps if everyihing was closed down tight it | Fads 3. Abraham Lincoln's. new colonies now projected will seek to avoid previous would bring matters to a head much quicker and 4. The Ganges. difficulties. Such a promise is implicit in the words 'expose who are the destructive minority element. IN ITA“A“ (ASE 5. “Lohengrin.” of Assistant Secretary William E. Warne in announc- | They would then have to take a back seat. £ om — et ing the Interior Department plans. “We have learned | Bridges® says the strike may last from four to | WASHINGTON, Sept. 9—(#—The from Matanuska,” he savs. {six months. Dui C.J. EHRENDREICH —C.P. A. Granting proper planning and good administra- | Well, let it last until' reds are cleaned out and | S tion, the proposed colonies should prove of great value '“feather-bedding” tactics are eliminated. r‘;“;w’l“yee"g‘g :;‘; disclu.;si i utuley BUSINESS COUNSELLOR —— e e e e e e e e e et R - — . | 0 's pre-’ r colonies, "le washin 'on | vited to attend the 35th In[un-ltm President’s “insincerity” in his Allex;ngd:gtse g)msym}e];ifi::sssid;: g}c\m“s";.i‘ Systems Taxes '] try Division reunion in Omaha, he| civil-rights pronouncements. Depastriit niat belicves the talkel ong Room 3—Shattuck Bldg. M G R d was advised to wear his ornate| It will be interesting to see roposed by the Russians will be - e"y' 0-Roun! official attire which way the President and In- :qpl .ef 'X ¥ 1 M h t - — oot R — $ “The folks out there don't often |terior Secretary Krug jump on this n:\;z Cproopos&e;;e::e skl /. By DREW PEARSON see a foreign Ambassador,” he|question. : ’ was told, and they"l expect. some- et CEwter secreiary Mttt it | e Sweetest Spot in Town iConticued from Paps Gne' thing extra special. You must HOUSING CRISIS v be;n reached on the U. 8. posis CHANNEL EMP”RIUM ~ | take along all your fancy gear.” 1f Dewey is elected, Taft’s pn}s-" “1" believe I understand what ence on this key committee will| YU f“c‘f“r' e bachelor ]d‘l”“' taéan Headsches for the Republi~|mab replied (tirhey bave o lov of can administration. | jack-rabbits out there, but no Taft has firm views on large-| Belgian hares. scale spending and on foreign ties S These views, in a number of re HARD DECISION spects, do not square with (hosvl President Truman is gingerly htld by Dewey and his two prin- grappling with a new kind of “red” | ffairs advisers, John jssue. Foster JDulles and Sen. Arthur, It involves making a choice be- Vandenberg. Also, Taft has no tgeen two conflicting personal peer in Congress as a resourceful friendships and doing justice to and determined fighter. ! Alaskan Indians. The President, — | apparently, is finding it a hard NO SHUTOUT | decision because he has been stall- In the past year, under Van- ing on it for weeks. denberg’s deft chairmanship, the , Interior Department officials Foreign Relations Committee has'drew up on order to establish a been overwhelmingly “internation-|number of reservations in Alaska. cipal foreign- alist.” Practically every impor- The Indidns claimed these lands tant vote has been 13 to 0 that under provisions of the Alaskan way . Purchase Treaty. The Federal| That unanimity will cease with Council of Churches and other or- Taft on the committee | ganizations are vigcrously Jsup- Last spring, he reluctantly bow- portinz the Red men's demands, ed to Vandenberg’s stand on Mar-; But Northwestern fishing and shall Plan spending and other timber interests vehemently op- foreign questions because Of the pose the reservations. They will split GOP command in the Sen- cut into their lush profits. And ate. Taft was in charge of do-| franting for these interests (i mestia affairs, and Vandenberg dappe oung Sen. Warren Mag- the foreign Yield. Also, both were nuson, Wash., who makes a great Presidential possibilities and for pretense of being a staunch New the sake of party harmony, Taft Dealer. A White House crony, leadership Magnuson has exerted potent un- latter ' dercover pressure to stall creation accepted Vandenberg's in his special field as the Th‘e big Greco-Roman National ‘,tion with regard to the pre-war Ita- Archives Building, on lower Penn- lian colonies. He described the agree- sylvania Avenue, is up against al!ment as bipartisan. Candies — Ice Cream — Soft Drinks — Tobaccos 330 South Franklin St. J. A. SOFOULIS, Proprietor did Taft's in his area of the reservations. But these factors will not exist, But down in New Mexico next Congress. Taft will have a other White House crony is y free hand, and he plans to use it jrate over this. He is former where he thinks it will do the most Secretary of Agriculture Clinton an- good. Anderson, running for the Sgnate Note—Taft does not aspire to against flamboyant Maj. Gen. Pat the role of Senate GOP IlUUl’ Hurley Anderson 15 clamoring leader. He can have it if “he for speedy approval of the reser- wants it. He doesn't. His choice vation order is Sen. Kenneth Wherry, Nebr., New Mexican Indians vote this |year, and in the close contest DIFFERENT RABBITS | their ballots could be decisive. Fur- When Baron Silvercruys, dap- ther, Hurley is ready to pounce per Belgian Ambassador, Was in-fon the issue as an example of - CAPITOL THEATRE and receive TWO TICKETS to see “GREEN FOR DANGER" ‘Feaeras Tas —12¢ per Person tuning \ces 3. Learning Not so much Mountain in California 0. Gypsy 42. Underground passage- ways 44, Lowest point 15, Separate 47. Fish eaten raw in the PHONE 14—THE BOYAL BLUE CAB CO0. R RETURN YOU to yout home with our complimenta. 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