The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 19, 1949, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Jail yrAlaska Empire Fublished every evening except S EMPIRE PRINTING COMP. Second and Main Streets, Jur BELEN TROY MONSEN - - THY OY LINGO - ATER ntered in the Post Office In Juneau as SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.50 per month; €8.00; one year, $15.00 By mail, postage paid. at the following rates: v six months, in advance. $7.50 six months r, in advance, $15.00 in advance, $1.50 lbers will confer a favor if ¢ t any fail Office. 602 ted Press is exclusively entitled to the use for credited to it or not othe:- | thi dispatche: edited | paper und alo the TIONAL REPRESENTATIVES enuc Blde. Beattle, Wash Second Class Matter o e Bustness MLMBER OF ASSOCIATED P Alaska Newspapers, nd might revive subsiding inflationary forces. Hence | they constitute one of the greatest potential menaces to economic stability. unday by the NY A TRADE? u, Alaska President & Vice-President Editor and Mana; Managing Edi Business Manage: In case anyone is interested in how it happened e . that Senate Bill 38—the measure that sets up political party organizations their elections of delegates, conventions, etc., the measure that is called the “anti-White” Bill—happened to get onto the floor »f the Senate and to pass the Senate by a vote of 12 to 4, this might be of interest A letter from Senator Butler had just been re- sived by Gov. Gruening and certain other people in Tuneau, commending the ge of Senate Bill 38, Senator Butler is Republicar ader of the minority group of the Interior and Insular Possessions Com- Jprovides for will promptly notifs | | | | larity in the delivery | Office, 374 ESS local news publishec S 141; | Mittee that is sitting upon the confirmation of Gov. | Gruening for reappointment | Senate Bill 38 had been considered a strictly Re- publican party measure. The Democrats, it was said, | didn’t need the bill because their party was already set up in a manner similar to that prescribed by the [~ E. 38 This sudden Democratic support of the bill came after Senator Rivers' request for a 5-minute recess, for party consultation—on the third floor of | the Federal-Territorial Building, according to gossip |in the hallways. Whether or not the passage of S. B. 38 will have iy bearing on confirmation of Gov. Gruening only !time will tell. His haste to get his Democrats in line to support the so-called anti-White measure at a time when his name is under consideration for confirmation SIGNIFICANT WAGE CUT The cut in the wages of General Motors employees is of interest. | As far as Senator Butler's interest is concerned, we feel sure that he was prompted by a desire for resulting from a drop in living costs since October 15| is only 2 cents an hour, and the workers can look forward to a more than offsetting 3-cent increase at the end of May under the “standard of living improve- ment” clause in UAW'’s contract with GM. The pres- reduction follows a 3-cent increase under the cost-of-living formula last September based on a pre- ceding rise in living costs. So on net balance the workers have gained, not lost, by agreeing to quarterly | adjustments of wages with reference to changes in ent ving ¢ Nevertheless, the current reduction in wage rates siznificant development. Coupled as it is with s in living costs, it will strengthen oppcsition to fourth-round wage increases during the next few wage increases would probably in price of industrial products, cos Extensive rther months. tall £ rises peace in the Territory’s wrangling Republican ranks. Maybe we are wrong, but it is our guess that most of the Republicans would rather continue the party’s status quo than trade passage of S. B. 38 for Mr. Gruening’s confirmation. In the meantime it looks like the governor's move ; to win friends and influence the right Say, an overture in the is designed people. Possibly not a trade. right direction. No sooner did airplanes surpass the speed of sound than scientists speed up sound to 31,000 miles an hour, seemingly with the sneering challenge to try that on vour flying machines.— (Ellensburg Record.) It's entirely true that money isn’t everything, but, on the other hand it is far from being nothing. We like it. ’ he Washinglon eiry-Go-Round 3 l)I{Y’.\IN FEARS()N rrom PBge GLe) cd 80th Congress pert frem the do it Nothing could be worse for M. ~juman’s program. And, while the C aren't worried about , it is also a fact that viewpoint of national un- a critical time in world ffuirs, and irom the viewpoint of eccnomic stability, nothing could L2 worse for the country. For when a nation’s legislators thumb their noses at the nation’s Lresident, it-does not give other pations confidence in signing pa and treaties. Nor does it give them confidence that a pact, once igned, will later be ratified, or its sions carried out cians WHY TRUMAN MELTED mistakes of the past cannot Le remedied. But to prevent mis- takes in the future, it is important to look back and see why Presi- ¢ent Truman's supposed great poli Jularity melted away SO Here are some of the t.cal rapidly ns Truman's Cockiness—As a hum- man, Mr. Truman is an popular figure. But hu- does not necessarily mean y. Also’ when the President’s imility changed to ‘cockiness after vember, he lost some of his pop- This was particularly no- friends who called to help and vise, but went away re- buffed and lectured to. Mr. Tru- man was coniident that he did not need help, he wi s highhanded with some Senaters as he was in censoring photos at Key West. No Long-Range Strategy—At the pening of Congr no plans were ie us to what legislation should \e first. A military commander refully maps out his campaign before his troops go into battle. A carefully coordinates s sgles force and his advertising T But on legislation vitally ¢ the nation, the Truman ration nonchalantly gallop- bres brandished aloft, with > foggiest idea of what bills nould be passed first tead of getting, rent contrel, housing, aid to edu ion and other vital parts of the Truman program out of the way t, the Truman- ies gallantly bared their breasts and threw their weight against a brist- Ing concrete wall of Southern fili- busterers. No Civil-Rights Compromise—In- side fact that many Southern Senators were quite willing to com- promise on civil rights at the open- ing of Congress when they thought Truman was all-powerful. Now they won't compromise because know he’s not. in January many Southern Sena- ularity is tors figured that two of the civil- rights bills would not cause serious resentment in the South—the anti-|courage a Southern filibuster, poll tax and anti-lynching bills. About half the Southern states al- ready have abolished the poll tax; And with sup- | Dixiecrats they can they ;‘ nz. They were, however, emphati- | cally opposcd to FERC. But when Georgia’s Senator Rus- e'] callad cn Truman to talk com- promise, he got nowhere. Truman wouldn’t even discuss the South’s reatest fear—intermarriage. No Teamwcrk— FDR also had islative battles, Some of his res squeaked through with reat difficulty. But Roosevelt had team operating on Capitol Hill, | uttenholing doubtful Senators, and | {wining thumbs down on postmast- | | crhips for Congressmen who de- | serted the party. Truman also had a team oper- ating skillfully in the background when he was eclected last autumn. But that team was nowhere to be found when it came to the all- mportant job of winning votes on Captiol Hill. When George Killion, mer treasurer of the Democratic Committee, buttonholed Senator Kerr of Oklahoma, Kerr said this was the first time any Administration leader had bothered to talk to him about the filibuster. | Patronage—When Dixiecrats I turned to Congress after their de- feat last fall, they soon dis Mr. Truman had no fixed poli toward them. He was petty when it came to such little things as snubbing Governors Strom Thur- mond,and Heyman Talmadge in the Inaugural Parade. But on things that really counted, such at patron- age and pestmasterships, they found they could get what they wanted. rhe Administration had no fixed policy. It floundered . tear in the hearts of the Dixiccrats evap- orated. They knew th y could centinue to oppoese with impunity. Senate Senate majority —especially for a v man. Alben Barkley had grown gray at the game, had come to be a great lead- er. Now he is clevated to the ros- | trom, where leadership is more dit- I ficult. Replacir him has been | sad-eyed, harassed Senator Scott Lucas of Illinois, who locks as if | the world rested heavily upon his | shoudders. Of late it has. Whether through inex ience or because {he had too mu | rection from Key West, Lucas was | ! first too meek dux the filibuster | battle, then too tough, then almost | i too glad to surrender | Before National th ruman Leadership—Acting ~ as s never easy | Flcrida Sunshine. 'I‘ruman‘ |left on his Key West holiday, close | | iriends urged him not to take time | off at such a crucial moment. He'! | wouldn't listen. They even urged' | that, instead he take a tip | through the country for the {purpose¢ of scolding Cor ., but to sample the temper of the peo- |ple and get back some of his hu- | mility. He ignored the advice, and {scolded Congress instead | Taft vs. Vandenberg not To those who watched the Senate vote on cloture to end filibusters, tor | Taft's prestige went way up, while ] | Senator Vandenberg's went down. | Their diiference was over the Bar |ley reversal of Vandenberg's rul- ing last summer that there was a | ditference between a motion and measure. Vandenbe wanting embarrass Truman and en- i had ruled last summer there was such a difference. Barkley ruled there wasn't, and while many others have undertaken { many fair-minded Republicans, in- forthright measures against lynchb-jcluding Talt, supported him. How- ever, Vandenberg sonorously pon- tificated before the Senate in a speech that sounded like an argu- ment as to how many angels can stand on the point of a needle. It was Vandenberg the politician, not Vandenberg the statesman, who talked. For in his heart he knew that the essence of democracy i majerity rule after reasonable de- bate, not veto by a minority. R LEGION OF THE MOOSE No. 25, monthly meeting Sat. 19th Class to be initiated. All members please attend. Lunch and dance to iollow. 47 2t MARCH 19 Andrew Hermle Sharon Darlene Steele Lois Lawrence Aurora Lafebvre Lillian Holmes MARCH 20 John Morrison, Sr. Alton I. Cropley, Jr Kenneth Allen Larry Pusich Arvo Wahto e e 0 0 00 @ s e - Aired-Schoonover . Marriage Planned Tonight in Douglas At 8 o'clock this evening in the Douglas heme of U. S. Commission- er Felix Gray, Mrs. Ruby Alred |and Mr. Ora P. Schoonover will be married, repeating their vows to Judge Gray. | The couple will be attended by Mrs. Alred’s daughter, Miss Mary e Alred, and Mr. J'mmy Besides the prinicipals, the only guests will be Mrs. Flossi2 Carr, a close friend of the Alred family, and M k . Mrs. Alred and her fiance knew each other before coming to Alaska, 1as they were neighbors near Tulsa, Oklahoma. She is an employee of the B. M. Behrends Store. Mr. Schoonover is a well-known mining man, with interests in the Taylor Creek area. He was a mem- ber of a Public Survey Oifice par- 1ty going to the Fairbanks area last summer, The new home will be made in Juneau. | - - CREATIVE WRITERS ME Mirs, Dora Sweeney will be host- ess in her home at 517 Frankl'n street for the Monday evening cating of the Creative Writers. MORRIS SAYS— The good Lord gave us two ends. One to think with and the other to it on. Your success will greatly depend cn which one you use the | most. About two months ago, Dan and I went down to the small boat 1arbor te de-frost the snow ofi our wser. Coming back we passed | ome fishermen locking at the small | | toats tied up along the tloat. They | | were expressing themselves in a language anyone could understand. | ] from ! THE EMPIRE | | | MARCH 19, 1929 Report of the City Council for the councilmanic year ending March 1 | Lowed improvements and new civic institutions totaling $169,939.51. Major ! tems were the new High School building and the new City Wharf »uilding. ‘ Plans were being made for the biennial legislative inspection of Lhel Jjoneers' Home at Sitka. The group was to go on the Alaska Game mmission patrol boat Seal. August H. Buschmann announced the opening of the first air trans- ort office in Juneau. Office of the Union Airways System ‘was in the Gastineau Hotel. Announcement was made of the engagement of Miss Marie Donovan, Jf the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries office, to Floyd Carlson, who had been | vith a survey crew under Don Meldrum the previous summer. | Louis Lund, sourdough head of the Alaska Transfer Company, gstj nixed in his dates, thought Spring had arrived (due 24 hours late) nd spent most of the morning raking and clearing up around his Main | treet office. I Weather: High, 43; low, 37; cloudy. ‘ Daily Lessons in English % 1. corpon — e ————————————————————————————— WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: One speaks TO an audience. One speaks | (converses) WITH a friend or associate. ! OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Guarantee. Pronounce the first A as in CARE, not as in GUARD, principal accent on last syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Charging; no. E. Chargeable; GEA. SYNONYMS: Token, reminder, souvenir, keepsake, memento. 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: PERDITION; entire loss, especially the utter loss of the soul. “If we reject the truth, we seal our own perdition.”—J. M. Mason. MODERN ETIQUETTE Q. When rising from the table, should one push his chair up to the table? | A. Yes, slightly, to keep it out of the way of other persons. He should | not leave it back two feet from the table, nor should he place it back meticulously. | Q. When a man is writing a letter to a woman with whom he is but slightly acquainted, should he close the letter with “Sincerely yours"? A. “Very truly vours” is preferable. Q. Should one offer'a tip to a Pullman conductor? A. No; only to the porter. I.OOK and LEARN bgy C. GORDON — 1. What seven cities in North America have a population of a1 million or more? 2. Who invented the first motion picture machine, and in what year? | 3. Where is the tibia bone in man located? 4. 'What animal washes its food before eating it? 5. Who said, “Am I my brother’s keeper”? ANSWERS: 1. New York City, by ROBERTA LEE Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, NOTICE OF HEARING ON FINAL |One old rough and ready fellov. | provico City, and Montreal. REPORT OF EXECUTOR NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that ARNOT HENDRICKSON, Ex- ecutor of the Last Will and Testa ment and the Estate of Karl Kav. ander, deceased, has filed herein hi FINAL REPORT and petition for decree of distribution, to distribute the residue of said estate to Gerda Bjorkman, nee Josephson, niece of deceased, Edit Sjoblom, nee Jose- phson, niece of deceased, Helga Jose: phson, niece of deceased, and Arno Hendrickson of Juneau, Alaska. A hearing will be held upon said Report and Petition before the | With the other a crusade in boat-_md that there is fun for non- undersigned at Juneau, Alaska, on May 12, 1949, at 10:00 o'clock A. M. at which time all persons objecting to said Report and the manner in which the estate has been admini- stered or the distribution of said | Iot of constructive criticigm n'om“f;eriss of three weekly pinochle par- estate to the above named devisees, may appear and be heard and fil their objection herein. WITNESS my hand the seal of the Probate Court for the Juneau Precinet, Territory of Alaska, this 11th day of March, 1949. FELIX GRAY, U. S. Commissioner and Ex-Officio Probate Judge — Juneau Precinct. First publication, March 12, 1949. Last publication, April 2, 1949. Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 1. Prod 5. Bitter vetch Armadillo Ocean . Mountain at the carth’s center . So. American bird . Animated . Uneven Town in Penn- sylvania Mournful . Division of a school year . Ripen for use Anger Notion ace down Dry Operatic solo 57, ¥ . Blunder 59, Biblical garden DOWN . Reduce pointed at a deformed specie of a | | b and said: “Just look at that damn thing! Why in hell would nyone build a thing like that?” I wouldn’t know. It would be plain | uicide to go out of the harbor in | that.” We tock a look and decided he was right. Another fisherman | gpoke up and said: “I do wish some cne would start in and build some [good boats, and have them avail- ‘able when we need them.” These remarks gave us some | ideas. We went home, sat down on | i ne of our ends and started to plan | ! building. We planned to build peed and row-boats up to thirty j eet long. We sent out for data on the latest water proof glues and | their uses. We asked for, and got, | boet owners. We are building voats from the best of material, nicely designed, | sea-worthy and well finished. A} boat that will not leak! i Come in and see them under con- | truction, and you will readily see | 1\vhat we mean when we say “Mor- | i ris Built.” | Yours for better boats, 1 DAN AND DAD, Morris Const. Co. | (1t Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle : Portuguese . Obliterate ci nelish le . Kiud of ofl Foniion tectay Canonized person ianairs . Fresh-water fish . Streak | mahogan, Giveforin Before . Brazilian capital Fie . Oceupy a chatr - Sign of addition . Trapper . Large tub Growing out . Passageway | Wander . Subtle emanatio . MIX circular], . English musician . Notfat 2. Thomas A. Edison, in 1893. 3. In the lower leg between knee and ankle. 4. The raccoon, who shakes its focd in the water before partaking | of it. 5. Cain, when the Lord asked about Abel after Cain had killed him. the party series are Mrs. Jessie | Stevens, chairman, and Mesdames BIG ATTENDANCE IS EXPECTED TONIGHT <026 ™ e, tie ooker A'II pmo(HlE pAR' i and Frances Stephenson. B Since word got around of last i AUDITORS HERE week’s successful pinochle party, | ORS HERE R. M. Simpson and Ray L. Hol- players as well, committee members | land of Arthur Anderson Com;iany. are making plans for a large at-|a Seattle auditing firm, were in tendance at tonight’s affair in the | Juneau br , arriving on Thurs- | LO.OF. Hall day's PAA flight, and scheduled to | This will be the second in a|return yesterday. | They conferred with Floyd Guer- | ties given by the Women's Auxil-|tin, Territorial Commissioner of | iary, Pioneers of Alaska, and is| Veterans’ Affair, concerning a open to the public. There will be | forthccming audit of that agency. a turkey shoot, of interest to non- 0 TR L | players, and late refreshments | S Uycie Air-cooled out- | Working hard for the success of New models. Madsen’s. 41 tf ———— | Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—Over Hali a Cenfury of Banking—1949 The B. M. Behrends _. 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