The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 17, 1948, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire siion o cen #ublished every evening except Sunday by the IMPIRE PRINFING COMPANY d and Mam Streets, Juneau, Alaska pion for the DP n Also, in the article is quoted a “foremost cham- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA' that economy and' promote permanence in Alaska al.” — s movement here” who says: 2 “We need people who are not afraid to open aen! i Vice-President | up our land and put a lot of good hard labor into it. | Editor and Manager Managing Editor Business Manager LMER A FRTEND . a WLFRED ZENOER - | standard of living o the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter SUBSCRIPTION RATES: welivered by carrier In Juneau and Dousl six months, §8.00; one year, By msll postage paid, ut the followins ra One year, in advance, $15.00; six montns, in advance, $7.80 e @onth, in wdvance, $1.80, Jubscribers ¥ fer A favor if they wili promptly nosity iy Susiness Office of any fatlure or irregularity in the delivery « their papers. Televhone turernd ews Otfise, 602; Business Office, 374 gt - " too. MEMREP OF ASSOCIATED PRESS 3 The Associnted Prss is exclusively to the se for |into our limited woatiication of ali news dispatches credibed to it or Dot cthee- | oy vise credited n tajs pever #nd also the local news publisded wrein. NAT;UNAL §EPRESENTATIVES marth Avenue Bldg, Scattle, "Vasiv them to Alaska to To ma Alaska Newspupers, 1431 | OUrselves. market. the DP's. The Governor’s admonition is well taken that per- sons, DP’s or otherwise, should not come north unless they can establish Of course, if you want some good cheap labor, here is your chance to establish a DP successfully, to offer a home to a write the Internat No matter grubbing out® wven that b2 hi complex. And the only t at this time, is to If it o= 25 DP’S FOR ALASKA—I1 OR 125,000 Whether 125 or 125,000 DP’s come to Alaska, the announcement from the Department of the Interior that “no organized movement of displaced persons to Alaska is in prospect” can mean assurance to Alaskans who may have been alarmed by extravagant stories of colonizing the Territory with the homeless | of Europe. | It was only ten years ago that a plan was under | | way to send 10,000 refugees to the Territory, but war came and it was already too late to undertake a Phoisell. oan scheme of such size, even if details could.have been p. iherhood and worked out in a manner satisfactory to Alaskans and | 44 Sitka November the planners who had the colonization underway. yet held in Alaska. Should Alaska take its share of the DP's *who | Indian be so planned as ment, our crowde economy. Great Chance for ( sure Alaskans would be more than willing to give soon to become a s | conflict of racial homes to their proportion of these tragic homeles: i 5 people—it would be, on the basis of population, about | Penetit the other. 125°of the total 205,000 people who will be admilted!“ beslkward 'atep. under the Displaced Persons Bill passed by the Con- crease discriminati gress last year. two races. In the Chris Moreover, & CO! 3 is a story Alaska and Europe’s DP's the Governor of Alaska: “Now that the bars have been let down to the extent they have for the entire United States, I see no reason why qualified people—whether DP's, whether recently arrived immigrants or any others—shouldn't come to Alaska. We must bear in mind, however, that we have a grave housing problem, and that it iS|except in cases wh Monitor of September | ian Science The correspondent quotes } islature. A test should p: |it a misdemeanor certainly not d here unless ther can establish themselve: “Certain vrofessions and crafts are distinctly understaffed in Alaska. European woodworkers, wood carvers, and furniture makers might do much with | our largely unutilized timber resources. There are numerous little industries—family size or a little larger —which do not now exist in Alaska but which could furnish not merely a livelihood, but would, by di- 1t lopsided economy based almost here succcessfully. ¢ main dining room that he and ten o | ficulty, trains and | they should not mi versifying our pres | literal sense their wholly on fisheri tites to settle this land and grub out the stumps and | put it under the plow.” | That, somehow, does not appeal as a reason for | | bringing DP's to Alaska. | There are, we hope, enough people, enough Ameri- | cans, with pioneer qualities to do the grubbing, if | grubbing has to be done. Alaska’s share of them. Those we can absorb peculiar “lopsided” economy. That would not be good for the Alaskans. how these homeless people who have endured so much to them, the problem 2 matter of individuals, sponsored individuals, | they cansbe welcomed. Should any organized move- | ment to Alaska appear imminent, that would be an- other matter, unless that organized movement should problems are 2 Ul States—i " o | white probl g e cit S rowi: mpire, ¥ must find homes in the United States—and we are | white problems. Both are citizens of a growing empire, | g ;0 nyg Clanishness for purely Indian privileges will prove from Anchorage that has to do with |lever to get needed action from the Territorial Leg- Seeing-Eye Dogs (New York Times) | guide dogs from res able to encourage persons to come | created. Whatever is reasonable assurance that they |in which Simon Gerbush, a blind war veteran, alleges Virginia. that he and his Seeing-Eye dog were barred from the |erans Association have filed a complaint and elected | to bring the matter into the open is to be welcomed. colleague Sen. Homer Ferguson. | | Blind persons with guide dogs now use, without dif- | tainly there would seem to be no good reason why | freedom should not be curtailed. We cannot expect our American people with their high | and their expensive luxury appe- | NOVEMBER 17 Bonnie Gail Nyman Gail Carver H. H. Foss Fannie Robinson Mrs. Robert R. Brown Everett Judson Adelaide Holbrook Henry L. Satre Let the DP’s come north population without disturbing our But don’'t bring do the work we are too soft to do ke us softer. To break our labor e e o0 e o 0/ 0 0 0 0 00 — e —— e e 0 000 0 0 00 Nor TIDE TABLE eesecoe High tide, 2:52 a.m,, LA Low tide, 8:32 am, 38 ft. e/ High tide, 14:25 p.m,, 18.3 ft. ® tide, <1:11 pm., -1.0 ft. @ . * o o 00 - | themselves successfully. ceesece0ese homeless person or family. Just ional Rehabilization Organization. much warmth one feels toward e (ONDITIONS OF WEATHER - ALASKA PTS. Weather conditions and tempcr-‘ atures at various Alaska points, also on the Pacific Coast, for 24-| hour period, ending at 4:30 this| morning, and released by the| Weathey Bureau, Juneau, Iollow:‘ Ketchikan News) | 3 e Anchorage 4—Clear be said that the Alaska Native | g . o _7—Clear | 4 o | ay & ol " | cordova 15—Clear | Dawson ‘ home in a free country would involved remains hing to do about it, it would seem meet the situation when it comes. | not to upset our present employ- d housing, our lopsided seasonal 2 y o e T—Cloudy | intertwined with Franton " 23—Cloudy | -16—Clear 28—Snow | 28—Clear | 31—Cloudy | 39—Cloudy | . 34—Snow | -15—Clear | ... =21—Clear | 1—Pt. Cloudy | 6—Snow | 35—Cloudy | 42—Rain | ... 39—Rain 34—Cloudy | 12—Snow 28—Cloudy | indelibly There is no reason for a What benefits one will State. p | Haines interests. i | Havre | Juneau o ¢ in. | Annette Any such action will tend to in | Rodiak nd draw a li ctween th on a draw ine bet! ® | potushiia | MeGrath Nome | Northway Petersburg | Portland | Seattle Sitka 5 | Whitehorse | Yakutat nstructive program will serve as a romptly be made of the law making to bar blind persons and their aurants and other public places | ere a dangerous situation would be | showed irregularities on' both sides the merits of this particular case | in the backwoods districts of West Note— What Republicans ¢ are of a midtown restaurant, the fact worried about is that the Dgmo- ther members of the Blinded Vet- crots will 1eally dig into the| viichivan election returns of their TRUMAN TROUBLES | Although the Democratic elec- In a very 'ion sweep may stop the GOP-led That S nate Expenditures Committee from skeleton hunting in the ad- ministration’s clcsets, Piesident public transportation vehicles. Cer- ake use of restaurants. dogs have set them free. and on gold mining, strengthen consistent, pro-labor voting rec- ord in the Senate. The Washinglon Merry-Go-Round By DREW PEARSON Contirued from paes Gred SENATOR JENNER COOLS Ol"l"! Humbled by Democratic victory, | | GOP Senators, once | probing senatorial elections from | Tennessce to Texas, pulled in their | norns last weck and spoke loftily | 5 » | Of “nonpartisan investigations.” :}ll‘),_::ltx‘,}‘jl?;’d‘h{:ln:r’i1 A few days earlier, fire-breath- ne picks as secretary of state is|™® GOP Chairman Bill Jenner of able to iron out the tangled state|lndiana - was screamning f“‘(‘i“d of the world, he would be Truman's | 3ainst certain Democratic canci| al successor in 1952 | dates, and his investigators, one| 1e man tops on Truman’s list __|of them the law partner of Ku| il igntiey ‘ce of | Flux Klansman Bob Lyons, had| {he United States—is his old frien on a rampage in Oklahoma | gene | Fred Vinson. Once before, Vinson | and Texas. vas uch subdued Senator was asket to step down from an| b Was & m important judicial post—the Court Jenner, however, who reviewed ¥ 3 these same cases at a closed-door | Ol, A,pmh,l\”",) e .f'\f.),r b :_‘,w‘krs.,lun of the Elections Subcom- thankless job of Economic Stabliz-| yeee 1t wouldnt be necessary er. And, unquestionably, if TYU- | "yoig pearings after all, said the T80 agked i, o e NOUE bwpw;enl.leman from Indiana, but would du\";x SeE . | turn complete reports over to the However, rather than ask thu“:Democrats S inherit iha. Oiins to make this sacrifice, the Presi-| | d :sidering Justice Will- | Tittee: | Jen} e el ighnk | "Sen. Frank Myers of Pennsylvan- | not building presidency. |for an opinion. 4 | that Kerr might not be responsi- easily long. | ble for expenditures which he knew nothing about. hell-bent on tee had not explored the law. jam O. Douglas, 48 years old, with | great record on the Securities and Exchange Commission, and a man whom FDR himself mended side-by-side withh Truman as presidential timber So keep an eye on Bill Douglas as the next secretary fo state T-H LAW COMES SECOND The Fair Labor Standards Act—not the Taft-Hartley will get first attention from the new Democratic Congress, accord- to Sen. Elbert Thomas of Utah ho will succeed Sen. Robert '] as Chairman of the Senate Labor Committee. The scholarly Mol ex-mis- sionary points out that the B80th Congress not cnly passed the Taft- Hartley Law but crippled the F: rds Act, which aifect nized workers. He es these 20,000,000 need legis- help ahead of the 15,000.000 who oppose the Law determined ill be no undue : Taft-Hartley that lative organized Wwo Taft-Hartle; Thomas is that there w in tackling t But noting reports Secretary Maurice Tobin 1s pre- paring to rewrite the labor laws, Thomas emphasized that his com- mittee, not the Labor Department, will do the rewriting. Note—Senator Thomas however delay Law Labor has a recom- | Law— | ja, only Democrat present, asked | why the Democrats hadn't been consulted before the Oklahoma and Texas investigations were |launched. Jenner ducked the ques- tion but sputtered back that “no political motives whatsoever” had influenced the decision. “Then why,” asked Myers, “were reports released to the press just before the election?” “Oh,” fumbled Jenner, “the news- papers were piling up on us.” Myers also demanded an explan- ation from the Committee’s chief | counsel, Nelson Deranian, who had been quoted in the press that same Y ws piannming to rush the in- vestigations in order to finish be- fore the Democrats came into con- trol. Deranian was put in this key committee spot by Bob Lym_).» of KKK and chain-store fame, the man who engineered Jenner’s elec- tion to the Senate. Deranian had no adequate ex- planation for the newspaper stor- but he did give the Committee a verbal report on each case. From the Oklahgma file, Deranian pull- ed out affidavits charging that Senator-elect Bob Kerr had spent more than the legal limit on his campaizn. Myers asked whether the Com- mittee had inquired into the law or consulted the Attorney-General | He pointed out Iruman won’t be able to breathe | For the Senate Expenditures Committee will be inherited by Democratic Senators never friend- | ly to Truman. In the order of‘l From Texas, the Committee also|S°niority, they are: had affidavits charging election Senators John McClellan of Ar- irregularities against Senator-elect ¥ansas, James Eastland of Miss- Lyndon Johnson, but similar com- 'S91PPi an out-and-out Dixiecrat, plaints had been received against C!vde Hoey of North Carolina, Johnson’s cpponents. who ¢ voted against most key Elsewhere, the Committee had volicies, Glen Taylor of not even received formal affidavits d:ho, Henry Wallace's vice-pres- to back up the complaints against \dential running mate, A. Willis Senators-elect Clinton Anderson in Rc¢bertson of Virginia, a member New Mexico and Estes Kefauver Of the anti-Truman Byrd machine, in Tennessee. and Herbert O'Conor of Maryland, | a Republicrat. The file was also opened on Sen.| These are the Democrats who Harley Kilgore of West Virginia, will now be charged with keeping whose election has been under ln-lan eye on the executive depart- vestigation for two long years. It|ments. BRI, ¥ Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 30. Passageway Taunt 33. Artificial Moisture in s dro Deranian admitted the Commit- . Slight knowledge . Conjunction a . Famous solar dise evangelfst Before ersian Had on One who gives for temporary use . Come out into view . Australian C 4. Symbol for tin . Light bed . Cautions . Juice of u woody plant . Charm 3. Nonmetallie element City of the leaning tower . Tavern 58. Roman date 59. Cook in water [EMA[D[A] bir Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle . Male duck . Turf . Mother . Pronoun . Compass point . The throw of double one at dice . Egg drink 4. Purpose 61. Salamander 6. Holsting i b apparatus . Strong wind P e pkoveh . Detail mparative 3. Deprive of nding sensation dmam b Va /4 HE/JEN /dilla . Periods of time Wonder and ear . Steeds Therefore . Workshop Stage speech to the audience cations ] und of cattle ndefinite amount . Literary fr: . Within Caesar's anguage . Explost devices . Leave undone . Ourselves . Thus . Afresh Nuisancy Ordinance il 4 - refusal W g LT lg/{;lf//////é e 20 YEARSAGO e EMPIRE’ t I‘MMW NOVEMBER 17, 1928 J. T. Petrich, Adjutant of the Alaska Department of the American Legion in Alaska, left on the Princess Alice for Indianapolis. Mrs. Petrich and children were to accompany Mr. Petrich to the south, but were to visit in Kelso and Olympia, Wash., while he was in the East. W. J. Cook arrived in Douglas from Bisbee, Montana, to spend the winter here. He was a guest at the home of Pelix Gray. The new high school building was dedicated the previous evening. R. E. Robertson, President of the Juneau School Board, presented the opening speech and Gov. George A. Parks delivered the dedicatory address. Parks stated, “The dedication of this new high shcool building the completion of the last stage in the development of the It is a credit to the city and indicative of the It has no equal in the marks Juneau school system. | unselfish progressive spirit of the community. Territory.” D. J. Williams, Manager of the Hirst-Chichagof Mining Company, left for Seattle on the Princess Alice to attend a directors’ meeting of the company. The Coast Guard cutter Unalga moved from the Government Dock to the Pacific Coast Coal Dock to take abcard about 100 tons of coal. The Unalga was one of the few remaining vessels in the Coast Guard fleet burning coal. Weather: High, 35; low, 34; rain. ) ' Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I am sick to my stomach.” 1t is better to say, “I am sick AT my stomach,” or, “I am nauseated.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Titanic, Pronounce first syllable as TIE, accent second syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Farewell; FARE. Fairway; FAIR. SYNONYMS: Reflection, cogitation, consideration, contemplation, meditation. WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day, Today's word: RESPLENDENT; shining brilliantly; lustrous. ‘“He was resplendent with medals.” MODERN ETIQUETTE %% serra vee | Q. Is it proper for a hostess to keep eating as long as her guests 2 A. Yes; the hostess should notice if her guests are slow in eating, and should manage her own food so that she finishes eating about the same time they do. Q. Should the bride send wedding invitations to the bridegroom’s father and mother, and to his brothers and sisters? A. Most certainly. These invitations should be among the first to be addressed. Q. What would be the correct way for a rather to introduce a young man to his daughter? A. “Mary, this is Mr. (or, John) Gray.” by ;TOOK and LEARN A. C. GORDON ——————— N 1. What are the four other names by which the flag of the United States is also known? 2. What popular drink of today was made by the ancient Egyptians more than 5,000 years B. C.? 3. What are the young of the following called: (a) frog, (b) goose, (c) elephant, (d) hog? 4. Where is the largest library in the world? ANSWERS: 1. Old Glory, Star-Spangled Banner, Stars and Stripes, and Red, White and Blue. 2. Beer. 4. The Congressicnal Library in Washington, D. C. 3. (a) Tadpole, (b) gosling, (c) calf, (d) shoat. o Plumbing © H-afing Qil Burners Telephone 313 Nights-Red 730 4§ Harri Machine Shop, Inc. 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