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PAGE FOUR Daily A laska Empire hed evers v : except S EMPIRE PRINTING COMPAN ALFRED ZE Entered Juneau as Second Class Matter RIPTION RATES: eau and Douglas for S1.50 per month $8.00; one year, $15.00 paid. at the following rates: $15.00 s, in advance, $7.50 a favor if they will promptly notif: ihe Business Office of any failure or irres )f their papers Telephones ity in the deliver. News Office, 602: Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press republication of all news dispatche wise credited in this paper and also herein NATIO h Av Speaker Rayburn would be justified in resenting statsments by Republican leaders that under the new House rules he will be a czar with powers exceeding those of the late Uncle Cannon. Those statements have given rise to considerable misunderstanding. The Speaker has no power to deny recognition to commit- tee chairmen with respect to legislation previously * blocked by the Rules Committee. Actually the new rules provide that when a bill stuck in the Rules Committee is called up for debate in the House on discharge days, “the Speaker shall recognize the member seeking recognition for that purpose as a question of the highest privilege.” There is no room for czardom here. In our opinion, Speaker Rayburn deserves a great deal of credit for his part in forcing through the far- reaching reform limiting the virtually absolute power of the Rules Committee—an undemocratic abuse that plagued the Eightieth Congress. To be sure, in his new pest Mr. Raybnrn will com- mand considerable influence with committee chairmen, but this can scarcely be called dominance, especially since the rules provide specifically that chairmen must be recognized by the Speaker irrespective of his own views. As has always been the case, the Speaker will continue to wield broad powers of discipline over the House, but the direct power to stifle legislation is not one of them. T SOBER, BUT HONEST The phrase “sober as & judge” never has been accepted unqualifiedly by members of the legal pro- fession and others who are in position to realize that even the bench, animately speaking, is heir to the weakness of the common flesh. However, the inciden? 1411 | | pen and often does, adds new ambiguity to the old | A special Circuit Judge, Clean K. Calvert in a name?) recently ordered a swecping investigation »f bootlegging in the county. When he showed up in ourt the next day he was—well, not quite himself. | The following day, completely himself again, he an- nounced in open court: “I fine the court $10 for being drunk yesterday, and I want to see that entered on the books.” Members of the jury and others were so impressed >y the Judge’s candor and self-chatisement that they ook up a collection to pay the fine. So, it would \ppear, there is public respect for judges even when they're not sober, provided they admit they're drunk. | (what's Faked Divorces (Cincinnati Enquirer) | Grotesque is about the only word that seems lto apply to the development in New York where a 20-year-old woman who believed she was being under- ipaid to act the role of “other woman” confessed and touched off legal repercussions which might affect as many as 9,000 divorces in the State. New York recognizes only one ground for divorce: | Adultery. For a number of years divorce-minded | | couples, in whose cases adultery played no part what- |soever, were willing customers of a divorce grounds | racket. It usnally involved a crude and phony drama in which the husband would be ‘“discovered” with | another woman in circumstantially incriminating sur- | roundings. Courts, attorn and others evidently condoned the practice—which was regarded, at best, |as a cheap way of getting a divo: (especially among | folk who could not afford to go to other States— such as Nevada—and establish residence to procure a \divorce on a more realistic basis). There have been | |some 9,000 unconteted divorces in New York on the ladultery charge, and investigators are assuming that the circumstances were faked in a great majority of these actions. Religious interdiction of divorce is a powerful influence which usually works. State laws which at- tempt too strictly to govern marital destiny, in the! |absence of a church’s methods of guidance, are subject to a blatant evasion. The way the New York law works is little argument for its retention. } The Greatest Sinner | (Cincinnati Enquirer) The man called Hideki Tojo went the way of all flesh on a high gallows in Tokyo. The was hanged, | with six other Japanese military leaders. Few men have been more despised than Tojo— and none has deserved it more. The cruel, tight-lipped little man who brought death and suffering to mil- lions, was as inscrutable in death as he was in life. If anything good could be said for him it is this— {he gave no quarter, but he asked none. Tojo and the men he commanded knew nothing of pity or humanity. They knew only ruthless con- quest. They lusted ouly for power. For a time they won what they wanted. They commanded—heart- lessly and without regard for human suffering—a large part of the Far East. For a time it looked as if they might come to rule an important slice of the world. But their own devices strangled them. The slaves they had made—in Japan and out—proved completely inadequate when pitted against the people of free nations. Tojo, The Absolute, became Tojo the pris- oner. Shorn of his trappings he stood at the dock of justice and was sentenced for his deeds of violence. The Nipponese terrorist looked for a high place in the history of the Occident. He fell, instead, into the deepest pits of privation. No tears were shed for im when he died. None will be shed when future generations, recounting the villainies of recent years, come upon the name of the greatest sinner of them - A 7 % . . . JANUARY 21 . e . e Rev. G. Herbert Hillerman e ° Don Freimuth . ° Ellis C. Reynols L3 ° Mrs. William Reck L] . Agnes F. Adsit . . Glen Martin ° . Aimee David . . Clinton Stewart @ [in their fathers' footsteps. . . e @ o o o > o o 0 o J. B. Burford R R L { | Wrangell and Ketchikan, Wallis George, President of the Juneau Cold Storage Company, was to leave on the Admiral Rogers for a business trip to Seattle and OF WEATHER ALASKA PTS. tions and temper- Alaska points, av 4:30 Chicago. McNaughton, schmidt Weather cond atures at various also on the Pacific Coast, THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ’ 20 YEARS AGO from THE EMPIRE JANUARY 21, 1929 After touring the Pacific Coast as far as Tia Juana, Mexico, Mr. and o | Mrs. A. van Mavern returned home on the Alameda. Ben Burford, on a vacation trip for the last three months in Cali- fornia, returned home on the Queen. Charles W. Carter was re-elected President of the Juneau Gun Club and Mort Truesdale was re-elected Vice-President. on Sunday, two sons of club members showed that they were following At the shoot George W. Folta Jr. who was ten years of age broke 11 out of 25 targets wih a 16-guage gun. Robert Simpson Jr., who was 13, using a 20-guage gun, hit seven out of 25 birds. was to leave on the Admirgl Rogers for Petersburg, The Butchers beat the Lawyers and the Bankers swamped the Elec- trics in a hard fought bowling tourney. Members of the Butchers were Ficken, Kean, Ordway, Van Atta and Radde. On the Bankers team were Cleveland, Morrison, G. Messerschmidt and H. Messer- Sydney Laurence, wellknown Alaskan artist, was busily engaged in a. m., 120th Me ety T““:;, and o1 oc Angeles studios working on what he claimed would be his greatest "‘“1;(““::1 fL:)’.I the Weather Jureau.| = piece. It was a new treatment of Mt. McKinley at sunset. The S i picture was to measure 12 feet by six feet. Anchorage 11—Clear | —_— Barrow -6—Clear Weather: High, 28; low, 26; cloudy. Bethel 15—Cloudy. Cordova 29—Clear 1 b Dawson .. -25—Clear | H H H -aer| Daily Lessons in English 3. 1. corbon Fairbanks -24—Clear Haines Missing | Havre —Missing | wORDS QFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I am going past the office.” Juneau Airport 14—Clear | . “upy the office.” R e onear | OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Abdomen. The preferred pronunciation Kotzebue 10—Snowing places the accent on the second syllable. McGrath 9—Fog OFTEN MISSPELLED: Magnate (a person or importance). Magnet Nome 19—Snowing | (an implement that exerts magnetic force). Nerthway ... -4—Snowing | SYNONYMS: Discretion, carefulness, prudence, calculation, fore- Petersburg 21—Pt. Cloudy ' though, foresight. Portland 23—Snowing | Prince George 0 Snowlngf WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us| Seattle 29— Snowing ' increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word: | Sitka 27—Clear | DISCRIMINATE (verb); to scparate by discerning differences; dis- | Whithorse 0—Snowing tinguish. “She was quick to discriminate between right and wrong.” \ Yakutat 9—Clear 1 - D E MINE PRODUCTION | | MODERN ETIQUETT by ROBERTA LEE ——————————————————————d] | IN AlASKA I“ 1948 H Q. Is it ill-bred, or does a man appear parsimonious, if he looks | over a restaurant bill before paying it, when dining with guests? BELOW THAT OF 47 WASHINGTON, Jan. 21—®—| The Bureau of Mines said today an ! unexpecteq decline in mining put Alaskan production last year be- low the 1947 figures. The 1948 output was 226,323 fine ounces of gold, 58497 fine ounces| of silver, 19 short tons of copper, 309 tons of lead and 12 tons of before the guests A. Yes. Q. Is it correct to say, “Miss Smith, this is Mr. Brown”? A. Certainly not. It is not necessary for him to get out a pencil and do any figuring, or have a worried look, but it is perfectly all right | for him to glance through the items and see if the bill is correct. Q. Are the water glasses filled after the guests are seated at the | table, or before the meal is announced? A. The glasses should be filled about two-thirds full a few minutes are called to the table. 1 I i FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1949 2 STATEHOOD BILLS 3 MAY BE WRAPPED 255 i et NOW, ONE MEASURE % S5 MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 | SECOND and FOURTH i Monday of each month ' B | Worshipful Master; / JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. ¢) B P.0.ELKS Meeting every Wednesday at 8 P. M. Visiting brothers wel- come. JOSEPH H. SADLIER, Exalted Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Secretary. WASHINGTON, Jan. 21.—(®— Legislation to make states of Ha- waii and Alaska may be wrapped together in a single-packaged bill, Chairman Somers (D-NY) of the House Public Lands Committee said today. Separate measures to grant state- ood to the two territories were ntroduced in the last Congress. The Jawaii kill passed the House, but vas not acted upon by the Senate. The exact method for handling he new legislation will be decided jy a “steering committee” of the | Moose Lodge No. 700 Regular Meetings Each Friday Governor—ARNOLD HILDRE >ublic Lands Committee, Somers Secretarv— told a reporter. WALTER R. HERMANSEN In a statement yesterday, after % ] ie was named chairman of the sublic lands group, Somers said he{ 1oped Congress would take early ind favorable action on the state- ood proposals. Somers said he had asked Rep. Redden (D-NC) to become chair- man of the Public Lands Subcom- mittee on Territories and Insular 2088 ns. H. S. GRAVES Bert's Food Center Grocery Phones 104—105 Meat Phones 39539 "The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists The Clothing Man BUTLER-MAURC LEVI'S OVERALLS DRUG CO. ! for Boys I C. J. EHRENREICH-CPA I BUSINESS COUNSELLOR Accounting-Systems-Taxes PHONE 351 Room 3—Shattuck Bldg. b ARCHIE B. BETTS Public Accountani ; GEORGE BROS. Widest Selection of LIQUORS PHONE 29¢ “Say It With Flowers” but “SAY IT WITH OURS!” Juneau Florists Asdttor Tax Counpetc: ‘ PHONE 311 8impson Sldg. Phone 757 “The Erwin Feed Co. Office in Case Lot Grocery PHCNE 7184 HAY, GRAIN, COAL and STORAGE Call EXPERIENCED MEN Alaska JANITORIAL Service Wall Paper | Ideal Paint Shop Phone 549 \ Pred W. Wenat Juneau’s Finest FRED FOLETTE Liquor Store Phone 247 — || BAVARD'S STEVENS® i LADIES’—MISSES’ 1y READY-TO-WEAR The Alaskan Hetel Seward Street Near Third the other day at Harlan, Ky, wh The Washinglon Merry-Go-Round By DRE\@ZARSON Contirved trom Page One) were children's fights. There was no racial bitterness.” Another Southern Congressman, Porter Hardy of Virginia, has also announced he will stay on Daw- son’s committee. DINNER FOR DAWSON Meanwhile a dinner is being held tonight at the Interior Department in honor of the f Negro ever to become chairman of a Congress- ional committee. Actually, Con- gressman Dawson tried to discour- age the dinner. He felt it would put too many of his Southern col- leagues on the spot. However, his Northern friends had proceeded with the plans without consulting him. So far, Southern Congressmen have all declined, though many have paid tribute to Dawson per- scnally. Congressman Albert Thom- as of Texas sent a $25 check for the dinner's testimonial fund, which will be used to grant loans to Negro college students. Thomas also wrote: “Permit me to say I have served with Bill for many years. He is a fine man, a great public servant and a close friend Other Southerners also Wrote kind words of tribute, such as Ken- tucky’s Congressman Frank Chelf who scribbled underneath his for- mal letter turning down the invi- tation: “Congressman Dawscn has the respect of all the members of Congress. He is a good man.” The reason for these tributes is modest Congressman Dawson, him- self. He has plugged along guiet- ly and efficiently, keeping in the background, avoiding clashes with such demagogues as Misgissippi's John Rankin, until he has now been accepted into the leadership of the House. WHITE HOUSE DISUNITY Only a handful of insiders know it, but the new-found “hard-hitting unity” of the Truman Administra- tion has already suffered a few serious bruises around the Presi- dential inner circle. Participants in the struggle are members of the President’s Coun- cil of Economic Advisers, who are feuding among themselves, and with officials of the Interior De- ere anything can gy partment. Their w.rst split is over expansion of the steel industry. | Undersecretary of the Interior Os- car ‘Chapman and Assistant Secre- tary of Interior “Jebby” Davidson joined with such 100 per cent Tru- manites as Senator O’Mahoney in | demanding that Truman force the .| steel industry to expand. However, the chairman of the Gouncil of Economic Advisers, Dr. Nourse, dissented vigorously. 1 result, snide remarks have ezun to fly back and forth across the President’s desk. Nourse now calls the steel-expansion advocates {“cager beavers”” They, in turn, call him a “Tory.” President Truman is reported upset and disappointed over the row, because only last November he asked all his economic aides to get together on a joint program on which there could be complete harmony. Again, just before New Year's Day, Truman spent another hour with his economic advisers plus Secretary of Agriculture Branns Secretary of Labor Tnbin, Secre- tary of Interior Krug and Sec- retary of Commerce Sawyer It was only after he thought he had their complete approval that he later made his economic proposals to Congress. Despite this, ur. Nourse openly broken the unity by del ing an off-the-record speech in New York denouncing the Presi- dent’s proposals to expand th steel industry as “unwis necessary.” It was the work, he said, of “some eager beavers around the President.” MYSTERY SPEECH Washington correspondents ar has still wondering what happened by that rootin’-tootin’ speech La- bor Secretary Maurice Tob: t the Academy of American Arbitrators’ dinner which the press associations and big-city newspapers d in great detail, but which Tobin act- ually didn't deliver. Three hours before the banquet Tobin gave the press an advance copy of his “speech”—a stem-wind- er. It demanded increased power for the Labor Department and pre- dicted that the U. S. Mediation and Conciliation Service soon would be under him. This was like declaration of war tc another dinner guest, Cyrus Ching, Director of Mediation and Conic tion. An arch foe of To- bin, Ching makes no secret that he will quit if his Conciliation ice is returned to Labor. So, when reporters showed Ching an advance copy of Tobin's remarks, | | ' Advisers and wash any dirty linen and un- he persuaded Academy officials to let him hit back in rebuttal af- ter Tobin spoke. This meant Ching would make | two talks, since he was already on ! the program for an address pre- ceding Tobin. However, toastmast- er Ralph Seward and Academy offi- cial George Taylor consented, pro- vided Tobin delivered his prepared text as written. Tobin, however, never delivered it. He dumbfounded everyone when he rose to talk by leaving his pre- pared speech in his pocket. Glancing at his watch, the Cab- inet member announced that he had only four minutes to speak, as he had to catch a train for Boston. Then he ad-libbed a brief | talk on labor-management cooper- ation that bore no resemblance to‘ his prepared speech. By this time, however, bulldog editions carrying his prepared speech were already on the streets in many big cities. The astute Secretary of Labor had decided that he wasn't going to emulate the Couhcil of Economic 1Gold, $7,921,305 for 1948, compared zine. The values were listed as: with $9,799,580 for 1947; silver, $52,- | 940 and $50,866; copper, $8,322 and | $5,040; lead, $108,150 and $76,032, and zinc $3,192 and $6,050. ALASKA ALMANAC | PUBLISHER HERE| The 1949 edition of Tewkesbury's | Alaska Almanac is about ready | to go to press, according to David | Tewkesbury, publisher, who is in; Juneau to wind up editorial work ! on the publication. i A sell-out on the 1948 edition | 1 by A. C. GORDON LOOK and LEARN 1. How much coal must be mined in the United States for every ton of steel manufactured? What is meant by tensile strength? 2. | 3. Which two of our Presidents have had more cities, towns, and ‘chudren named after them than all other Presidents combined? 4. What are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet? 5. What breed of goats is famous for its long hair? ANSWERS: 1. One and one-half tons of coal. 2. Power to resist stretching. 3. George Washington and Andrew Jackson. 4. Alpha and omega. 5. Angora. ' first printing is necessitating a second run on publication, Tewkes- bury said. He added that there has| been a big call from libraries! throughout the country for the1 Almanac as reference material on | Alaska. The publisher said he will spend several days here before returning | to Seattle to finish up work on this {year's edition of the publication. - - Flexible Flier Sleds at Madsen’s. in puklic. Open noon until 6. 9t ACROSS . Enlf‘ll“:‘ldlk?n L Reslaik wubs oiled butter oinous o g ! Ehench . Feminine name ™ Pl Mpney in Staft 39. Before: Lubricant nautical 3. Living . Remain . Room in a . Born harem . Roman date . Part of a . Went down . Cenhter 11. Glossy pain. . Helping 19. . Exist . Musical time er . 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