The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 11, 1948, Page 4

PAGE FOUR THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA R 20 YEARS AGO B e OCTOBER 12, 1928 John Noyes was an incoming passenger on the steamer Queen from Seattle.. ‘Walker’s opponents are hard put finding anything in Walker's record which justifies criticism. For session after s ion, Walked led the fight for tax reform. In 1945 however, he threw the ses- | sion into an uproar when he moved to junk his own income tax bill after he had found that the powers thet be had made amendment deals with Alaska's |large industries which would have left the entire burden on the wage earner. X In the special session in 1946, Walker led the successful fight to enact his bill setting up a fund for loans and bonuses to veterans of World War II. Most States still have done nothing along this line. It will be a real loss to Alaska if the voters fail to re-elect Senator Norman R. Walker to the Senate. While we have disagreed with him many, many times |during his 16 years in the Legislature, we have ad- mired his ability and sincere dasire to serve the people to the best of his ability. We feel that in the difficult | NATionr. REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspwpers, W1 times ahead his experience s needed in the Senate. murth Avenue Bldz . Seattle, "Vasiy P soft e v SRR T ALL-IMPORTANT REFERENDUM Daily Alaska Empire ®ablished every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE INTING COMYANY Second and Ma:n Streets, Juneau, Alasks ARLEN TROY MONSEN - - - - VOROTHY TROY LINGO - ' T Bditor and Mansger - ‘Managing Editor Business Manager from THE EMPIRE President Vice-Presicent ALFRED ZENGER . OCTOBER 11 “Regulation---YES Throttling---NO” The annual Parish Bazaar was to held November 15, 16 and 17, according to an announcement made by the Rev. Gabrielle Menager. 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The following editorial, reprinted from Jessen's Weekly, known for its unbiased stand on imporfant issues, exacily ex- pressed our views on irap fishing and why it should be continued: MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associnted Press is exclusively entitied to the uve for moablication of i news disparches credited to it or not ctl vise creaiied in this paper @nd also the local news pubiisded erein. with a good bag of ducks and geese and three deer, a local hunung[ party of five returned after spending a week in the Rocky Pass district. iIn the party were Cash Cole, Dr. Robert Simpson, E. C. Guerin, Simpson I MacKinnon and Olaf Eiklund. e e 9 0000 06 20 A baby girl, weight 10 pounds, was born to Mrs. Ted Doogan at 8 o'clock the previous evening at St. Ann's Hospital. This was the ninth child for the Doogans. to President Truman is his the French and ling difficulties with British. | Tomorrow the people of Alaska will have the privilege of speaking their minds on the question of whether or not the fish trap should be retained in| He has had a much tougher Alaska. It will be purely an advisory vote, and will'time than the press dispatches not necessarily mean that the Federal government will | indicate keeping our Western Al- eliminate the traps even if the vote carries against{lies united regarding a firm Rus- this means of fishing. And should the vote carry in “an policy favor of retention of traps—that would not mean | French Foreign Minister Schu- | that the Federal authorities will necessarily continue \Man has been especially hard to the use of traps indefinitely. keep in line. With a large bloc| ‘ of Communist deputies to worry However, the expression of the people of Alaska|apout, he tried to persuade Marshall on this question should have an important bearing on|that the United Nations should the future of Alaska fisheries. order new Big 4 diplomatic talks With the poor packs of recent years, the question 1'% ead of a showndown before Alaskans will go to the polls tomorrow to vote in assumes even more importance at this time. { e U.nN._ F_ox; a! time (fc::ln!mix; ” i o " PaAvY > is sate N 2 ,was quite insistent, argue al H the Territorial election. A heavy vote is indicated Most persons tomorrow will be gasting their votes | .},q g % Cordoten SO By not only in“the First Division, in which Juneau IS with the future conservation of our fisheries in mind. (e blockade it would get nowhere. located, but also in the Second, Third and Fourth. we have been told by those against the traps that the | Russia would merely ignore it. In our division, as in other divisions, voters will poor runs have been the result of trap fishing. And For a time, the British also lean- | cast ballots for a Delegate to Congress, Attorney those in favor of tfaps might contend that the poor [€d toward French apeasement. But | FISHER. General, Auditor, Highway Engineer, and a yes or N0 runs are a result of illegal fishing by seiners and too | Marshall was adamant. Politely, Q. Isn't it all right, if the bridegroom is wealthy, for him to buy ! J. P. Williams and crew arrived from the west coast of Admiralty Island where they had been making a'cruise of pulp timber since |1ast May. The party made its camp on a scow in Kootznahoo Inlet, operating out of there all season. “We have read all the arguments pro and con on the fish trap question that comes up for vote next month, and also having lived for a time on the coast we can arrive at but one conclusion — that the traps should be retained. Wweather: High, 40; low, 38; rain. i Daily Lessons in English 3. 1. Gorpon | S e e B ,1 “We are not associated with any interest and have no political axe to grind. But from the standpeint of con- servation, efficiency and economy we see nothing to be S e mi fi.:icm by abolishing fish traps, and a great deal to be VOTE TOMORROW i | S e e WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “Please try to avold such another mistake.” Say, “another such.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Debacle. in ME unstressed, A as in AH, accent second syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Fissure (a narrow opening); pronounce | “We have able ‘men in the Fish & Wildlife Service whose business it is to regulate the use of fish traps and see that a sufficient number of salmon are able to reach i their spawning grounds. We have confidence in these ; men and their ability to do their jobs. “We see no reason for such a frontal attack upon the fishing industry as the campaign against fish traps rep- resents. We hear a great deal of criticism about ab- sentee ownership of Alaska industries at the same time that Alaskans are urging new capital to come to Alaska. It has been Outside capital that has developed both the fishing and the gold mining industry. They put money into Alaska; they provide employment; they pay taxes. The fishing industry pays the lion’s share of the taxes that run the Territory. Destroy or severely cripple the industry by prohibiting fish traps and we are strangling a golden-egg laying goose that pays rich dividends to the Territory. : . ; candidates for the Senate and by ROBERTA LEE A. Never. Q. Can you give me some suggestions for refreshments to serve at a small informal garden party? A. Sandwiches, cake, iced tea, or iced coffee. | row’s election. S “More encouragement should be offered States inves- tors to come to Alaska instead of attacks that seriously threaten their continued operation. i A " “Regulation—yes Throttling—no.” Territorial Taxpayers Association (Paid Advertisement) A position that requires little or no active service. A time of happiness and prosperity. Countess. chikan Daily News has this to say: » S | The polls will open at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning Berlin, we would soon be out of | pereeoeooeoore——s Sk One kind of gear will catch just as much salmon K Was important to remember that}’ ‘We give again the qualifications for voting: i preceding the election, a resident of the precinct for ment recognizes that fish traps are necessary to the 'the end, the French agreed. A. He should introduce himself. ] necessary that you voted In the primary election last |feels that any trap is a threat to the proper escape- {the idea that the Marshall Plan is blood,” the Communists are preach- sonal contacts, have stated their views and ballot creased considerably. Today there are about 3,200 DOES THE RECORD MEADX THING number of traps i i i i “4. *What 18"the ttle of ‘the wite of aff carl? ture meets cvery two years. are much easier to police. This is why the violations 3 al e L4 lature and give up when the criticism is turned on in move around, and if the agent isn't watching, what's G. Burdick urges Juneau and Doug- listen to loose charges hurled forth in the heat of the | Violations by any form of gear endanger con- |9ay morning. Burdick, Assistant Re- Hans Christian Andersen (1805-75). on abolition of fish traps. many seine boats. {firmly, he made it clear that the OBSESSION; persistent and unescapable preoccupation with an idea In our division we will also vote for two Senators {United States was committed t0 .. emotion. “His theory of perpetual motion became an obsession.” 1o ¢ 7 “Conservation angle is merely a ‘smoke»screeu'{Germnny. "‘“GT';“;‘(_ f‘”" 1‘j\l:"' without substance of fact. Only way to conserve| With the Unitea otates spending MODERN ETIOUETTE as another kind of gear.” if the Allies pulled out of Ger-| 5 ; You must be over 21 years of age, a citizen of the | g 'mnny there would be no recovery. Q.. What should one do when he is at a social gathering and is 30 days immediately preceding the election, and be Successful operatin of many canneries in Alaska and | Note— Foreign Minister Schu-! SRNONYMS: Squeamush, fastidious, overnice, scrupulous. able u’> read and write # allows their use under strict regulation. |man's chief trouble is that the his bride’s trosseau? April. ment of salmon. Over the past 21 years the number ISt el Lan RO R il gari ¢ ifor war with Russia. “America will | Practically all candidates, by advertisements in of traps have been reduced from 800 to 415. e e A et ing. U. 8. propaganda to e:@lam[ w casting is now up to the individual voter at tomor- seine and gill net boats operating in Alaskan waters. the motives of the Marshall Wlan ! LO 0 K d. LEA R N by It might be said here that the government cannot has not been able to combat nm.{ a n A. bl 1 \ R Miaviopens During recent years, the Fish and Wildlife Serv- DRIVE FOR Bov 1. Which of the two well-known wedding marches is played at the It's a thankless task for a man of any ability to ice has been hampered in its work by a lack of funds | beginning of the wedding and which at the end? 2. What is a sinecure? As all legislators find out sooner or later, you by traps are less than violations by boat operators. SIARI WED“ESDAY 5. Who was the great Danish writer of children’s stories? can’t please all of the people all of the time, and too ' And the only possible violation by a trap would be . ANSWERS: { \ 1 the heat of the next political campaign. He just to prevent the seiner from seining at the mouth of a las residents to participate fully in does't figure it's worth it. stream? the annual Boy Scout campaign for campaign instead of considering the record of the'servation. It is easier for the boat operators to get glonal Forester for Alaska, empha- . : sized the tremendous development aspiring candidate. away with violations than the trap operators. 1 cct, Edi . A BLor ctont nasreceritatives On this subject, Editor ‘Sid Charles of the Ket: staying in Berlin. It we got out salmon is through proper escapment and seedmg.‘bfllions on European recovery, it 16 for the House United States, residing in the Territory for one year Under present regulations, the Federal govern-|mryus ran Marshall's argument. m]sealed next to a person he doesn’t know? No advance registration is necessary and it is not | The government may close any or ail traps if it | Communists have skillfully spread { G 8 fight until the last drop of French | newspapers, radio talks, circulars, post cards or per- The number of fishing boats, however, has in- ERERR A limit the number of boats, while they can limit the BB o o forget about his business and individual privacy in jo enforce the regulations. The traps, which remain’ S(oul Fu“D 'I' b . ovder to serve the people when the Territorial Legisla- in the same place all season and are less in number, - 3. What are “halcyon days”? often a good man will serve one session in the Legis- fishing .during closed periods. But the boats can s Alaska Council President Charles Wagner's at the processional, and Mendelssohn’s at the reces- Unfortunately, the voter too often is inclined to | It all adds up to this: funds, scheduled to kick off Wedhes- : | lin Alaska scouting during the brief Here i the First Division this election we have ! Other aspects may be covered briefly. whose family make their home in becoming available to every boy means anyihing. |eliminated the pack will suffer and many canneries [the Territory,” the President said. Senator Norman R. (Doc) Walker is staging a which depend primarily upon trap-caught fish may real fight for re-election. He has served a total of 16 close down. “The Alaska Council has cub packs, years in the Legislature and is the only candidate in It should also be pointed out that those canneries [SC0ut troops, and senior units in this division who can point to previous experience,in 'which do have traps have been the most successful fevery incorporated town of 500 or the Senate ar a qualification. Walker was nominated 2 lmore. In addition we have Native over the years. Indian troops at Fort Yukon, all- in the primary even though he completely ignored making a campaign The seiners might well ask themselves—if the|mskimo troops at Point Barrow and elimination of traps will close down 25 canneries, | Nunapitsinghak, scouting at Nome And if experience and service mean anything, he {where will they sell their fish, and what will be the {and Kodiak, with the newest addi- will be re-elected tomorrow. |price? Seiners today are getting more for their fish|tion to the family being a troop Walker is up against pretty big odds this time, than ever before, and the canneries will take all of |in the Aleutians at Adak. We have however. Not only will he be fighting against a large ' the fish they can catch. had a troop at Unalaske for several Republican \'qtc. but he is getting no support from ‘The Alaskan economy d(fmilllds that a large share|ye;l:e’;::;idem went on to say that the Democratic administration, which secretly is urg- |of the taxes for our Territorial-government come from | T T Announcing ALASKA COASTAL AIRLINES WINTER three years of the council’s history. only one candidate running for re-election -to the At present the canneries get about 50 per cent “The Boy Scout program is fast Senate, and it will be interesting to spe if the record of their pack from traps. Naturally, if traps are vore 10 OO, the Alaska Council memkership is ing the election of Doc MacKenzie of Ketchikan, Democrat, and Anita Garnick of Juneau, Republican —both of whom are favored by the strong left-wing elements which control the Democratic Party in Alaska at present the basic fishing industry. There is no question but what the elimination of traps would “seriously curtail tax revenue. It is our opinion that the people of Alaska will do best to vote for the retention of traps. The Washington Merry-Go-Round By DREW PEARSON (Contirued from praee Cne’ | Next year the M cost about 5 15 billion for laid, plus 12 billi ——|plus 4 billien for 1. A straight lend-lease pzu-“‘1 pram under which we would ship| overseas arms and equipment for about 25 French, British and Bene- mmored ground divisions I'tions of governme 2. Establishment of semiperman-| While the progr ent American air and ground force | hush-hush until a bases in Italy, France, England,|top Pentagon off Western Germangp, Belgium nd | holding informal c the Netherlands | Dewey advisers via 3. A Canadian-American for a ring of s through Norway-Greenland-Alas- ka in order to bl Soviet air at-} tacks across the Arctic | Tom Dewey is Also under consideration is the|campaigner, but standardization of all armaments |occasional slips. used by members of the Western'his trip-ups hit military allian AUTOMATIC WAR it is DECLARATION | Arriving on the The Western European nations|the other day at are also urging Pentagon officials|of Julesburg, De to ask Congress for the right to, wrong foot by declare war automatically in he was to be any of the Western European coun- | the people of Den: tries are attacked by Russia. Thus This fluff hit far Secretary Forrestal aides are balking. ’ | billion dollars appropriated for t ar tary sure-fire case an incident in One headache plaguing the Pen- | was interrupted in the middle of tagon planners is the terrific cost| his speech by a {of a new lend-lease prog | piled on top of the Marshall Plan. billion lend-lease { military establisment plus 5 billion !for interest on the This is all before any money is| plan | stadt, the Wall Strect banker some- bases stretching | times mentioned as Dewey's Secre-| i of National Defense. | EVEN DEWEY SLIPS i though every time President Tru- {man sticks his fool in his mouth, | working for Dewey, reported that front-page telling how welcomed and ‘his!But only a few local papers noted m when|over the open-air gathering and blaring forth, over a loudspeaker: “Vote for Hamil.” Annoyed by all the noise, Dewey blurted: “That fellow Hamil is rno friend of mine.” What he had forgotten was that Dave Hemil, Republican candidate for Governor, was almost looking arshall Plan will | Add another military on for our own national debt ' veterans' bene- 1 fits and you get the grand total urfu\'vr his shoulder on the speakers’ | platform. Worst faux pas, in Denver, went unmentioned by newsmen. Dramat- ically Dewey urged his audience to return their Congressman to Washington. he normal func-| nt am is being kept fter the election, icials have been| It so happens that their K Con- onversations wxlh.““" man is able John Carroll—a Fredinand Eber- Democrat A DEWEY ON BAL It is no secret that Dewey dis- likes Minnesota's bearish shrewd | joe Ball, now having a tough fight makes | for re-election against Democratic few of | candidate Hubert Humphrey, May- newspapers, i or of Minneapolis. But when Vic Johnston, former Stassen man how a cool, even he However, the news Ball was in trouble, Dewey's re- Colorado border|action was to let bygones be by- the little town|gones. got off on the| “You happy | thing,” again “by don’'t owe Joe Ball any- Johnston remarked. | “That's all right,” Dewey snap- ver.” | pe ‘We've got to elect him.” the newspapers. | MARSHALL'S PROBLEMS isn’t the main reason for his return to .Washington, but one thing Secretary Marshall is report- Greeley. Dewey It plane buzzing Senator nearly 1500 now. Surveys indicate that approximately: 6,000 Loys in Alaska are of scout age, between 9 and 17. It is the goal of the Alaska Council eventually to establish a program of scouting which will reach at least 4,000 of these boys. In order to accomplish this, the Council must receive financial sup- port from the people who make their homes in the Territory, the President emphasized, since the council receives no remuneration from the Government or from out- side sources. Response of Alaskans to the $40,000 annual budget set for this year have been highly grat- ifying to scout officials, Burdick said, with over $30000 of the amount raised to date. Juneau is the only one of the major cities that has not completed its cam- paign, but several smaller towns have drives scheduled for this month and next, including Petersburg, Wrangell, Cordova, Seward, and Nome. Success of the major drive in Juneau this week will guarantee th2 operating program for next year, the President reports. - BOY SCOUT TROOP 23 GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS ON FLAG PROTECTION Boy Scout Trcop 23, meeting at the Holy Trinity Church Thurs- day, had a game of “Capture the Flag,” directed by Fred Stewart. Jerry Shaw was in charge of the instruction period, and we talked on care of the flag. We played another game directed by Eddie Dull, then following announce- ments we adjourned. EDDIE DULL, Troop Scribe. ) o LR WANT ADS BRING RESULTS! Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Cenfury of Banking—1948 The B. M. Behrends Bank Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent COMMERCIAL SAVINGS MRS. E. STANDER as a paid-up subscriber 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: “GREEN DOLPHIN STREET 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! FLIGHT SCHEDULE Effective October 1st, 1948, our regular flight schedule will be as follows: - FROM JUNEAU To Ketchikan, Petersburg, Wrangell— One round trip daily 3 To Sitka— Two flights daily; No Sunday afternoon flight To Skagway— One flight daily No Sunday flight To Tenakee— 3 flights weekly: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays To Hoonah, Gustavus, Pelican— 3 flights weekly; Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays To Port Althorp, Elfin, Kimshan, Chichagof, Cobol— One flight weekly; Tuesdays, or first day thereafter weather permits To Hawk Inlet, Chatham, Todd, Baranof, Hood Bay, Angoon One flight weekly; Mondays, or first day thereafter weather permits Call your Alaska Coastal Airlines ticket agent for time of departure and arrival Phone 202 or 612 ALASK %’“ e IRLINES ewing Southeastern qr