The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 27, 1950, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire Publislicd every evening except Sunday by the i COMPANY Juneau, Alaska EMPIRE PRINTIN Main Streets XELEN TROY 1 - - President DOROTHY TROY LI} - - - Vice-President ELMIR A. FRIEND - - - Managing Editor ALFELD SER - - a - Business Manager Entered In the Post Office In Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATE Delivered by carrier in Juncau and Douglas for S1.50 per month; six months, $8.00; one year, $15.00 By mail, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, £15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; ope month, {n advance, $1.50. Subscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify ss Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery of their pap Telephones: News MEMBEI ness_Off : Bus, ATED Pl fce, 374, S ed Press is exclusively entitled to the use for news dispatches credited to it or not other- s paper and also the local news published The Assoch publication of wise credited in t berein NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 Pourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash. FIGURE THIS OUT Ours has enacted such curious laws that millions of bushels of potatoes must be bought v the taxpapers, then dyed blue, and then thrown away. It has paid farm- ers for eggs that nobody wants, paid processors to ate them, and then let them accumulate for yes The life work of millions of hens, riow dry and tasteless, this mountain of dried eggs may have to be Governments do amazing things, sometimes. sent to China and fed to the Communists before the | sad story is ended. ldicuv& It would not protect the butter industry from substitution. Tt would only inflict another costly and pointless penalty on an industry which has been the continuous target of governmental discrimination for a half century. The silly blunders stemming from ill-conceived | legislation are so numerous, and their aggregate cost so great, it is hardly conceivable that a conference fcommittee would vote for triangular margarine. But | stranger and more absurd things already have been done. There is no assurance against a return en- gagement, once the silly season strikes on Capitol i Hill. THROW THE LITTLE ONES BACK! Cold weather has caused trouble with water sup- plies in Southeast Alaska, at Ketchikan, Wrangell and Petersburg. Out to the westward one community there is also alerted on the water supply. The following editorial appeared in the Kodiak Mirror of February 11 regarding the situation there: Old man winter got around to visiting Kodiak this week, finally, Smug as we were about freezing tem- peratures elsewhere, we had to dig out our mufflers | and mittens this week. | One of the most familiar signs of winter in Kodiak is the murky water which is pumped from a lake when the reservoir goes dry because the supply is) frozen. Another is the bucket brigade of those who live where the pressure isn't. City officials have issued their usual midwinter warning to go easy on the use of water. They also urge fire prevention caution ,and point to Petersburg, where a fire last week had to be fought with snow- balls because the city water supply had been ex- | hausted. | So—don’t leave your faucets running. It's easier 1and cheaper to thaw a frozen pipe than put out a fire with no water. X And if any fish under six inches swim into your tub, throw them back! { unions THE DAILY ALASKA BMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA FEBRUARY 27 Myrtle Turner Lee Nance George J. Williams Alaska Nowicka Carl A. Bloomquist Adelaide Meyers Grace Warren Mrs. T. B. Taylor e o o o o o undermine the union, or break its contracts, or was an employer spy or a Pinkerton man, the union may not, the Taft-Hartley Act provides. seek his discharge. And if a union does get such a person fired, the National Labor Relations Board will reinstate him and require the union to pay him back pay.” From this is omitted the essen- tial fact that the labor leaders can and do expel rank and file members of unions who oppose their leadership, who question their policies, or inquire as to expendi- tures. The Taft-Hartley Law is designed to make the conduct of democratic; to give the members the right to control and even to change the officers of un- jons without imperilling their liveli- hoods. This is important from the standpoint of the individual involv- ed; it is even more important from the standpoint of the nation, be- cause now that the unions have gone in for politics on a large scale, spending millions of dollars to elect - from THE EMPIRE 20 YEARS AGO FEBRUARY 27, 19:;0 Col. Otto F. Ohlson, general manager of the Alaska Rajlroad, arrived on the YuKon to confer with Gov. George A. Parks. He had been in Washington, D. C., on appropriation matters. (Note: Colonel Ohison, now on a European trip,*expected to be in London by today.) Constitutionality of the non-resident trollers’ tax was attacked in a suit filed in District Court on behalf of Wood Freeman, a Tacoma, Wash., | troller. He sought to enjoin the Territory from enforcing the tax. H. L. aulkner was associated with Freeman's Seattle attorneys. The case was brought against Walstein G. Smith as Treasurer of Alaska. John Rustgard, Attorney General, was to represent the Territory. One of the snappisst three-act comedies seen here for a long time was staged in the Moose Hall by Moose members and their families. Roles in “Madame X-Ray’'s Husband” were played by S. Christianson, Neil Ramsey, Mrs. Radalet, James Carlson and Henry Gorham. After an absence of three weeks, Dr. A. W. McAuliffe, head of the Government Hospital, returned on the Queen. He had gone to Sitka to relieve Dr. Nicholson, who had been injured in a fall. Cash Cole, Auditor of Alaska, left for Seattle on business, expecting to be gone two weeks. Herb Kittlesby, superintendent of the Douglas Island Packing Com- pany, who had been in the States since early fall, returned on the Yukon. U. S. Marshal Albert White and Mrs. White went to Seattle for }scveral weeks. At Ketchikan, the marshal was to pick up two youths sentenced to an Idaho industrial school. Dr. and Mrs. William P. Kirby, who had been visiting here for two months, returned to Ketchikan enroute to Craig, where the doctor had his practice. Weather: High, 38; low, 24; clear. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1950 MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 18 SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. Carson A. Lawrence, Worshipful Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. ' B.P.0.ELKS eting every Wednesday st Weather at Alaska Points Weather conditions snd temper- atures at various Alaska points also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 am., 120th Meridian Time, and released by the Weather Bureau at Juneau. follow: Anchorage 17—Partly Cloudy { 8 P. M. Visiting brothers wels Annette 32—Snow( Ccome. F. DEWEY BAKER, Barrow -37—Clear| Exalted Ruler.- W. H, BIGGS, Bethel 25—Cloudy Becretary. Cordova 36—Snow Dawson -9—Partly Cloudy Edmonton .. ... 15—Enow Fairbanks s -22—Clear Haines 28—Partly Cloudyi Havre 38—Snow | Juneau . 32—Cloudy Kodiak .. 34—Snow Kotzebue . eadiars . 4—Snow McGrath ... -24—Partly Cloudy Nome 14—Snow | Northway -24—Clear Petersburg .. 30—Cloudy (%&g%%‘b’% Portland ... 37—Partly Cloudy Prince George ... 26—Partly Cloudy 117 Main St. Phone 13 sgame 36—Cloudy High ty ek Sitka 33—Cloudy for mq_"" mm_ Whitehorse it SFOIRRR . or Stere Yakutat 30—Partly Cloudy THIRD DEGREE T0 BE AWARDED, 0DD FELLOWS MEETING At a meeting of Silver Bow lodge, IOOF, Tuesday night, February 28, at 7:30, a class will be awarded the third degree. This degree will be “The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. the candidates who are subservient | conferred by a team consisting of Alaska Music Supply In the same category of stupidities is the current | proposal of various Senators that carry a provision requiring triangul: is undoubtedly the most Machiavellian of all the ideas concocted by the butter lobby — good deal. To put margarine in triangular instead of square | packages would require the compleet transformation of y ing machinery for the forming of segments and The remaking of equipment through- ; exis their cut the marg $2,000,000. the consumers. Such a proposal can only be pack ing ine industry might That of course would have to be borne by | Silly Talk, Mr. Secretary (Fairbanks News-Miner) Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, in a recent speech, assured ®the nation that its defense “is in which is saying n.mmr shape apd stronger” than at any time since | 1947 and that it is reaching a point where it can be | | ready for action within an hour. It is an interesting statement but it would be more effective if the Secretary had not gone on to say that our armed might will ke sent to “lick hell” out of Joe Stalin if he starts anything. This is hardly the utterance that one would expect from a responsible member of the Cabinet. There may be reasons for | such a bombastic utterance at this time, but the explained as vin- | public is unaware of them. the margarine blll‘ ar packages. This | cost as much as| i | The Wasll_infi_lon Merry-Go-Round (Continued from Page One) you and thinking also of the care- free days when you and I used to ride together and talk rather ban- terir of the ‘“career boys” and their mismanagement of world at- fairs. Now you are in a position where you can influence those atffairs moere than any other man in the western world, at a time when the world needs leadership more than even Lefore, and at a time when it sometimes seems the best things in life are about to come crashing down around our ears, while most of us stand petrified, powerless to act. I have been thinking what I would do if I were in your place. Frankly, I don't know. I am a re- r and you are Secretary of State. I have never been celebrat- ed for my modesty or my reluct- ance to tell other people how they run the government. should run the government. But I do not know what I should were I in your shoes. If you do call a conference to discuss an atomic-hydrogen agree- ment, it is a foregone conclusion that it would fail. The Kremlin being what it is, you cannot win. And if you call such a conference, it will be interpreted as a sign of weakness, a diplomatic surrender. di Door-Pushing Russia I remember that, about four years ago, when you were still Undersec- cretary of State, you told a friend that Russia was like a thief going down the street trying every door latch to see which one it could t people wouldn’t have be- lieved you at that time. They were ous to get along with Rus- sia. But you were right. Russia is going down the highways and by- ways of the world pushing at ev- ery door, If she can't get into Ber- lin thanks to the Berlin blockade ‘she pushes into China. And after that she tries the latch keys of Burma, Indo-China and the Philip- pines. So I can understand and heart- ily agree with ment that the only thing in the world Russia understands today is force. However whose fore! if you and the nation affairs you guide do not take some step toward a dis-! cussion of the world's mad drift toward war, we are likely to be branded as warmongers and poten- tial aggressors. And in this day of psychological cold warfare, when the twisted mouthings of Moscow can do such damage, it i3 import- ant that we do not put ourselves on this spot. Americans Confused 1 remember that, when [ frst came to Washington as a very green newspeperman, you were ex- tremely kind to me. I. have never forgotten that. And although I have sometimes been vigorous in my criticism of State Department affirs, if there is anything.I can your recent state- | to them, it would be possible for them to expel members for their political opinions and their polit- ical activities. It is not in the tradition of the United States that any man should have the power to deliver blocks of votes. We do not vote as a union or a mass or a mob; we vote as ndividuals. Our election laws are set up to protect the individual voter, No American should be plac- ed in a position where he can be coerced into contributing to the campaign fund of any party to avoid imperilling his livelihood. When Americans, who happen to do for you in the difficult job ynu‘ You will be surprised, I know, now hold I should lke to do it, |0 @et a letter from & hardbitten, And perhaps the only thing I can | thick-skinned so<and-§o like me, do as a newspaper reporter is l.L,_’flnd perhaps I shouldn’t be writing port to you how American people you, but I lay awake nights think- feel today, I think it s important {ing of the dread prospect of my | children going to war again and I know that several million other that you, as Srecretary Of state.i know how they feel, and I believe | < o | Americans are doing the same. So please forgive this outpouring I am a good enough reporter t and call on me if I can help you report on it. They are confused, {rustrated and | at any time. Sincerely. DREW PEARSON torn with dread. When they think 'THESE DAYS that their children might have to --BY-- go out and fight again they go al- GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY most numb. They would fight ferociously if this country were attacked, or 1f they saw any way they could stab- ilize the world for a long time to come. But they will not participate in a distant overseas war except in a limping spirit of performing a dreary duty. THE CIO COMPLAINS The CIO may or may not have a case against the Taft-Hartley law, o but nothing is accomplished by This i leasant to contemp- = e e eald it s true, |misstatements. The truth is that 3 5 ‘lthe Taft-Hartley Law is designed The American people simply do not want to fight another war if they think it will lead to more to curb and limit the power of la- kor leaders; it is designed to pre- vent them from using the unions to e |harm the United States as the ! Sherman anti-trust law was design- Leadership Wanted led to limit the power of corpcra-‘ That is why they are worried; tions. over your statement that the OnIy! mpe CIO does not state it that thing Russia understands is force. yay 1t tries to give the impression Accurate though you unauestionably | that the law exists to prevent un- are, the American people want 0 jons from expelling members for see sometning Iurther wneau any cause other than non-payment ! the clash of force. They want t0|.f ques. For instance, this appears [V TV see the goals we are alming f""'iin the CIO publication, “economic They want to see leadership. outlook:” The American people, though «Under a Taft-Hartley union nfused, disappointed and frustrat- ed, are the most intelligent in the world. Frequently they are ahead of their government, ahead of their newspapers, ahead of those who profess to lead them. They are way ahead, in my op- shop a union may seek the dis- charge of an employee who has been expelled from the union only if he was expelled for non-payment of dues. If he was expelled from union because he was trying to belong to a labor union, are ord- ered to attend a mass meeting of he liberal party by their union and are fined for not attending, those who so regiment them are enemies of the American political system and should be so regarded. The Taft-Hartley Law protects the American worker from such violations of his inalienable and essential rights. It may not be possible for some years for many of | our politically appointed and twist- edly educated judges to realize that the law and not private judgment about social functions must pre- vail. Unless this happens, we shall remain confused on whose rights are being violated. The CIO makes this further com- plaint: “The Labor Board has recently gone even beyond the language of Taft-Hartley in destroying un- ion security: It was held that a union may not, under a Taft-Hart- ley union shop, require even that an employee join the union, so long as he pays dues to it.” Precisely, what is the objection to that? It is that the union hier- archy cannot discipline the indi- vidual. The worker is forced to pay a fee for the right to work, but the CIO wants more than the fee. It wants control over his mind and person. It wants to force him into line to obey orders. The leaders want him to have no thought, no ideals, no life of his own; they want him to be obedient to them as they object to his being obedient to his employer. We call that regi- mentation; they call it union stab- ility. Whatever it be called, the argument put forth is no good rea- son for repealing the Taft-Hart- ley Law. Crossword Puzzle. inion, of the day when the State Department helped insert the “veto” in the Dumbarton Oaks agreement,; thereby bogging down the United y Nations for years to come. And ACROSS 29. Pronoun are r ahea f 3 ist L Part of a 30. Storms (hey. )Mt far '1}11 ad u“th( Assistant | bridle 31 Vies Secreta: Jack Hickerson, WhO| 4 oriental dish 32 Note of the talked y before a| 9 Fish eggs scale Congressional committee on the pos-| 12. Fuss 3. T'»Ogvt‘;‘" sibility of world government. 13. Old-womanlsh 35 Discntangles r’l'odfly we are in a new world {& ?y";.l:l; t H&;:aulfd of atomic weapons and jet-pro-| 11. Lessen 3 L";\un pelled speed planes, and the Ameri-| 3= Bronzes in : Bt el can people realize that we can-| 20. Former animal emperor Errand not still apply horse-and-buggy pol-| 21. Brief Poem itics. If our weapons are atomic,| 38 Smoothed Dot oiest 26, Large book 27. Embarks on a voyage 28, Brother of Odin then must be atomic also, All this, T say, the American peo- ple generally understand. But they not always understand silence our politics on the part of their leaders. They not understand abrupt press the momentous question rogen bomb with rest of the world nd cooperation. not understand words in con- policy. are not pleas-{ olemn diagnosis | nection Even ant the of wh They can | bear more if absolutely necessary sacrifices, but they do not want to be kept in the dark. They want to know, 1 Therefore if you could give them| a series of broadcasts outlining what is ahead, it not only would be |umver.sall_\' welcomed but might prove a turning point in the mould- iing of our foreign affairs. i Solution of Saturday’s Puzzle DOWN 3. Orlental L !A:miahrr]- 1 drums 2. Artificial . Pi i 4 Plgment 16. Uncovered* 18 Game fis 20. Attempt 21, Moves - 22 Public lodging house 23. Boy attendants 24, Misfortunes . Thick 21, Orchid meal 30. Rotate More_saline Tropieal fruft Cat B R 39. European native 4 40. Propel with = 41. Mountain in Alaska 42. Drlnklni‘ 31 33, 44, Pinch 47. Three-toed sloth D e e ; Daily Lessons in English %%, 1. sorpoN B ) WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “It's an actual fact.” “It's a fact” is all that is necessary, inasmuch as all facts are actual. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Italian. Pronounce first I as in IT, not as in ICE, and accent second syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Lesser (smaller); leases); OR. SYNONYMS: Generate, procreate, produce, reproduce, beget. 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: CIRCUMSPECTION; cautious and careful observation with a view to wise conduct; prudence. “The truest courage is always mixed with cir- cumspection.”—Jones of Nayland. by MODERN ETIQUETTE ®%serra LeE e Q. When should calls be made on the bride in her new home? A. Often the wedding announcements or invitations name a date after which the bride will be “at home,” so do not call before that time. Otherwise, it is well to wait from two to three weeks after the couple’s return home from the honeymoon. Q. What difference is there between an American and European plan hotel? A. The European plan has fixed rates for room only, meals optional, while the American plan furnishes room and meals at a fixed rate. Q. Is it proper for a girl to rise when she is being introduced to a young man? A. No; she should remain seated. LOOK and LEARN 1. ,Which is the oldest U. S. city? 2. What great U. S. military leader is now the president of a large university? 3. With what do you associate the names, Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria? 4. How many times does the Lord’s Prayer occur in the Bible, and where? ER. Lessor (one who | T ¢ by A. C. GORDON 5. What animal has the ability to feign death when threatened by danger? ANSWERS: 1. St. Augustine, Florida, founded by the Spaniards in 1565. 2. General Dwight D. Eisenhower. 3. The names of Columbus’ three ships. 4. Twice; in Matthew VI and Luke XI. 5. The opossum. x Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Cenfury of Banking—1950 The B. M. Behrends Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent COMMERCIAL SAVINGS GEORGE JORGENSON as a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE is invited to bé our guest THIS EVENING Present this coupon to the box office of the CAPITOL THEATRE and receive TWO TICKETS to see: "LITTLE WOMEN" Federal Tax—12c Paid by the Theatre Phone 14—YELLOW CAB C0.—Phone 22 and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and RETURN YOU to your home with our compliments. WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear! o 5 R S AR R OSSO 00 0. SRR A T OB Bl o RN 0 <, Past Grands only and will be headed by Charles W. Carter. After the degree awarding and business session, a lunch will be served in the dining room. All mem- bers are requested to attend. Israel Asking Aid For Army, Air Force (By Associated Press) Israel has asked the United Stat- es and Britain for military equip- ment to bolster its army and air force. Diplomatic officials in Wash- ington say such aid would depend on the size of the present Israel war chest. Israel apparently wants ito offset shipment of British arms to Israel's Arab neighbors. Arthur M. Uggen, Manager Planos—Musical Instruments and Supplies .FPhone 206 ..Second and Seward.. GENERAL PAINTS and WALLPAPER Ideal Paint Store Phone 549 Fred W. Wenat c ! I Card Beverage Co. ‘Wholesale 805 10th St. PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT for MIXERS or SODA POP Brownie's Liquor Store Phene 103 139 So. Frankiin P. O. Box 2608 < T GEORGE BROS. Widest Selection of LIQUORS FHONE 399 || The Alaskan Hotel Newly Renovated Rooms at Reasonable Rates PHONE SINGLE O PHONE 656 Thomas Hardware Co. PAINTS — OILS Builders’ and Sheilf HARDWARE The Erwin Feed Co. Office in Case Lot Grocery Remi pewri s‘onxi.:finsgwml;n J. B. 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