The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 4, 1951, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire Publistied every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Second and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks HELEN TROY MONSEN < DOROTHY TROY LINGO FRIEND ZLMER A. Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Cl SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by earrier in Juneau and Douxiss fer SL75 per month: six months, §9.00; cne year, $17.50. By mall, postage paid, at the following rates: One year, in advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.00; coe month, in advance, $1.50. Bubscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any failure or irregularity in the delivery of their papers. Telvphones: 602; Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Assoclated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or mot other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 Wourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash. President | Vice-President Managing Editor Matter. News Office, Wednesday, April 4, 1951 BOOK REVIEW: THE STATEHOOD COMMITTEE REPORT Seldom does this newspaper offer a book review as editorial matter. However, we are in possession of an absorbing bit of fiction entitled “Statehood for Alaska.” This booklet purports to be the biennial report of the Alaska Statehood Committee to the Twentieth Alaska Legislature. Biennial reports to the Legislature are prepared by most, if not all of the Territorial agencies. They are,‘in the main, brief histories of the agency’'s activi- ties for the biennium immediately past, include a breakdown of receipts and disbursements and pen- erally, offer recommendations for improvement of existing facilities and services. Political propaganda is omitted from such reports 4s of the reporting agencies customarily remarks to matters germane to the and confiw. agency's fuuc Usually, the number of copies prihted is small— | rarely in excess of five hundred, in some cases, fewer. Distribution is made to the Governor, the members of the Legislature (to whom the reports are addressed), administrative officials of the Territory, and its agencies, firms and individuals especially interested in the activities of the agency reporting. “Statehood for Alaska,” however is a different | sort of report. Different in intent—different in con- { tent—we describe it for our readers in detail, because | it is patently mot a report to the Legislature or rest of the booklet is an appeal to stateside voters to urge passage of statehood legislation in the 82nd Congress. Wide circulation is of paramount importance in such political appeals — so the Statehood Committee wisely had ten thousand copies printed for distribu- tion. Pages five through nine consist of a letter ad- dressed to the members of the Alaska Legislature and describe, with becoming modesty, the efforts of the Committee to push passage of HR 331 in the 8lst Congress; the enlistment of national organizations and pressure groups in support of the Statehood movement’ sadly, the death of HR 331 in the United States Senate and, hopefully, the introduction of a new statehood bill in the 82nd Congress (HR 1493). These pages are the only part of the entire book (44 pages) addressed, even nominally, to Alaskans. The balance of the “report” is bare-faced pro- paganda designed to promote the passage of favorable statehood legislation in the Congress of the United States. Page 11 is devoted to a description of the dis- advantages suffered by Alaska through its status as a Territory. Another page attempts to show how the entire nation would benefit by Alaska’s admission to the Union as a state. The National Statehood Committee is, of coursg listed — under the heading “National Leaders Help” __four solid pages of names of well known people from thirty-six states and the District of Columbia. This list includes authors, attorneys, actors, poli- ticians, professors and clubwomen, but there isn’t an Alaskan in the lot! The results of two Gallup polls are recorded—but no mention made of the referendum showing in Alaska in 1946, results of which were described as “overwhelmingly in favor of statehood.” The “over- whelming” vote was 581 per cent for and 411 per cent against, although the Committee has not men- tioned it recently. A list of Governors shows that state chief execu- tives favor statehood for Alaska unanimously. Three pages comprise a list of newspapers said by the authors of the “report” to be urging editorially that Alaska be admitted to the Union. It is inter- esting to note that not a single Alaskan paper is represented — not even the two whose publishers grace the Statehood Committee. The “report” continues — explaining that to be| enacted, statehood legislation must clear the Senate, Interior and Insular Affairs Committee and the House Public Lands Committee, aftey which it must be ap- proved in both houses by & roll call vote. Included are lists of the members of both of the above men- tioned committees, showing their party affiliations. The “report” goes on with an eight-page list of all the members of the 82nd Congress, followed by a plea to the reader to write his or her Congressman asking that he take affirmative action on statehood legislation. The book concludes with a description of some of the provisions of HR 1493, a listing of the membe: of the Alaska Statehood Committee and, almost as an afterthought, a financial statement. ‘We hope that all of our readers will have the | At 2 pm. — Rainbow Girls monthly, Alaskans, but a propaganda piece directed to people | opportunity to read the “report” in its entirety. outile RAlafka ¢ Aitiough, its oOpenings paragraphs|all, they paid the bill — and there should be enough are addressed to the members of the Legislature, the |copies to go around. After The Washingfon ! Merry-Go-Round ; | (Oontinued from Page Ome) | > | amazing, and he seems completely| on the ball. Furthermore, Marshall | has put the old uniform aside and | is trying to run the defense de- partment as a civilian. This writer | had some skepticism about this | phase of Marshall's new job when first appointed Secretary of De-‘\ fense, but the skepticism appearsi not to have been justified. | Cattle-Feed Shortage i Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan had been at daggers’ points over government farm poli- cies for some time with the man he fired last week, Ralph Trigg,| chief of Production and Marketing. | Main reason the ax fell was that the production of certain vital farm crops—chiefly cattle feed—is desperately behind our defense goals. About 127,000,000 tons of grain will be needed to feed our expanded population of be and hogs this year. However, far-| mers have planted or scheduled for | planting only enough acres to pro-| Guce 117,000,000 tons of feed grain. | Corn will be about 5,000,000 acres | short of the 90,000,000-acre produc- tion goal fixed by Brannan—which | Trigg was supposed to deliver. Plantings of barley are 1,600,000 acres behind schedule and sorghum grain about 500,000 acres short. At the same time we have 4,000~ 000 more beef cattle and over 5,000,- 000 more hogs to feed this year than in 1950. The pinch may not be felt this year because of feed- grain reserves. However, with these reserves exhausted, we will face a serious cutback in cattle production for defense needs—therefore a meat shortage—in 1952 Manpower shortage on the farms reason—perhaps the chief +he failure to divert more planting feed grain. “ their sons and hired hands would be drafted, farmers have held back from planting too much corn, which takes a lot of labor to har- vest. However, Trigg did little about importing labor from Mexico and elsewhere to fill the gap. Note—while we have been suf- fering from a farm-labor shortage, British troops have had to put down riots in the British West Indies because of unemployment. is one grassi Knowing younger one Washington Pipeline | Business committee will investigate THE DAILY ALASKA EM Wiy Joe Mangan John Feero Denny Hugh Green Mrs. Joe Murphy Gladys Robards H. A. Fowler Mrs, Milton Daniel T. C. “Bud” Whiteside David R. Hill Edw. C. Hanson Orrin Royal Edwards Norma Homme e o 0 0 0 LY COMMUNITY EVENTS TODAY meet in Quonset Hut. At 8 pm. — Elks lodge. At 8 pm. — Alaska Potters shown film in Grade School auditorium, then to AB hall headquarters. Chapel Methodist church, April 5 At noon — Chamber of Commerce meets at Baranof hotel. At 8 p.m.»— Sportsmen’s 460 Ciub meets in Council Chambers to elect officers. At 8 pm. — Women of Moose in regular business meeting, also an- nual rollcall night. At 8 pm, — JVFD meets in Fire hall. At 8:15 pm. — Penwomen to meet at Dora Sweeney’s home. April 6 At 1:30 p.m, Martha Society meets at home of Mrs. C. C. Carter. At 8 p.m. — Mary Circle meets at manse of NLP church. At 8 p.m. — Regular meeting of City Council. At 8 pm. — Juneau Shrine Club meets in Scottish Rite Temple. April 7 meeting, Scottish Rite Temple, April 8 Scecoceco0scscoece At 7:30 p.m. — Civil Air Patrol will | At 8 pm. — WSCS meets in Little | I PIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ~ 20 YEARS AGO 5% smpire et e i APRIL 4, 1931 ! { e \ 1 Leo Osterman, who was Deputy Collector of Customs at the Taku . station during the summer of 1930, and who had been attached to Juneau headquarters office the past winter, has been assigned to ikan as the Deputy Collector of Customs and will report for duty April 16. Two cannery tenders of the Libby, McNeill and Libby Co. are in! e the Retriever and the Washington, bound for Yakutat supplies. sSunday School members of the Resurrection Lutheran Church pre- ented a special Easter program at the church Sunday. Among thosel part were: David Mielke, Bobby Sabin, Ingvald and Margaret . Charles Reed, Doreen Heinke, Helen Rinker, Barbara Mac- spadden, Ruth Peterson, Shirley Rinker, Genevieve Hadland, Lois Mac- Spadden, Chester and Ned Zenger, Lorene Pademeister, Eugene Chase, Goodman Winthers, Harold Zenger, George Converse, Keith Reischl, {Edwin Messer, Irving Lowell. with all passenger accommodations taken, the motorship Norco docked this day in Juneau with Capt. C. V. Gough as hmaster. Coming from Seattle were: J. V. Pickett, Harry Light, Graham H. Bayers, Walter Johnson, Patrick Mills, J. W. Gucker, Walter . Frank Mix, H. Roden, John G. Olsen, Mrs. Lucille Herasley and Nellie Barclay. Booked for the return trip to Scattle were: Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Grossman, Mr. and Mrs. T. Hadland, Loretta Hadland, Silvia Hadland, Thomas Hadland, Glen Hadland, Eugene Hadland, Gus Gustafson and Jerry Smith, Weather: High, 47; low, 39; rain. i e 5 ot e LB Bl WP e . : ) pe . b Daify Lessons it English % 1. gorvon s WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: “Due to” should always modify a noun, 1t is, therefore, wrong to say, “He fell due to the slip- on is, ‘His fall (noun) was due to the slip- | 1 { \ | and not a verb. pery floor.” Better expr pery floor.” OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Mankind. The accent is on SECOND syllable, not the first. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Accede and exceed; observe the difference in spelling. SYNONYMS: Sober, solemn, sedate, grave, cool, collected, unim- passioned. 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: EVENTUATE; to come out finally; result. “These acts of kindness will eventuate in establishing happy homes.” At 10:45 am. Rainbow Girls meet at Scottish Rite Temple to attend Lutheran church in group. April 9 At noon — Lions Club, Baranof. At noon — BPWC meets in Terrace, Baranof. At 8 pm. American Legion post meets in Dugout. o April 10 A4 nogn+~ Retarygclub, Raranof. At 8:30 p.m, — Community Center night for adults at Teen Age club In one consultation with Syming- ton, Keyserling argued that high prices would, in fact, be helpful b draining off excess purchasing power and its competition for goods , services and materials needed for rearmament. sold out to Pan American Airways. He got a free trip to Europe with Pan American and is now in their pocket.” . real fact is that I paid my way to Europe on Pan American as I have on every other airline—unlike Roy Howard, pub- lisher of a great newspaper chain, who has been a Pan American “guest” all over the world. How- ever, I do not hesitate to pay tri- bute to Pan American’s efficient operation across the Atlantic. If its Washington lobbying were on as| clean a basis as its overseas oper- ation, I could find no fault with Pan Am. The Senate Small STRIKE OF COAL MINERS AT HEALY RIVER IS ENDED FAIRBANKS, Alaska, April 4— (P—Tne strike of miners at the Healy River Coal Co., plant, which brought coal rationing to frigid Fairbanks, has ended as union and \company representatives reached agreement on a new wage scale. The workers were granted a $2 per day wage boost across the board, but the increase must be approved by the Wage Stabilrzation Board in Washington, D. C. The settlement brought to an end Ithe critical fuel shortage here after coal had been rationed at one-half the civil aeronautics board for try- ing to regulate small, unchartered airlines out of business. . ec- onomic stabilizer Eric Johnston has recommended tighter controls on farm prices and wages. He wants to freeze farm parity prices at the January 15 level, then abol- ish the wage escalator clause which permits wages to rise with prices. His proposal is to plug the wage loophole after June 30, 1951. Presidential Pique with square dancing. At 8 p.m. — Civil Defense Council | meets in City Council chambers. April 11 At noon — Kiwanis Club, Baranof, || MODERN ETIGUETTE %ingsra cee - —. PR { i nand Q. When eating in a public place where small butter pats are served in little paper containers, is it all right to let the knife blade rest | on the pat when not in use? A. Never. The knife, when not in use, should rest along the upper right part of the plate — and never, of course, with the handle of the knife resting on the table. Q. TIs it imperative that a bride return all her first calls, or just those she prefers? A. The bride should return all these first calls, and as early as possible. It would be very rude to return some, and omit others. Q. How should Jean Norton, who is 18 years old, be introduced to Mrs. Marshall, who is at least 60 years old? ANCHORAGE FIRM IS LOW BIDDER EKLUTNA PERMANENT CAMP The Denali Construction Co. of Anchorage was low bidder on a permanent camp to be built near the Eklutna project, it was learned today at Bureau headquarters here. The Denali Company bid $389,436 for the construction of 12 frame houses, two 10-car .garages, sew- age, water supply, roadways and walks. » A Other bidders were Loyer and Casler Construction Co. with J. S, Ramstead Co. both of Palmer on a Jjoint bid, $433,178.46; and Morrison- Knudson and Peter Kiewet Sons, Inc, $459,171.60. FROM YAKUTAT Alga Covington of Yakutat is at . iton per order. President Truman’s pique and an | economist’s desire to throw off his new deal iavei are back of the ad- ministration’s tragic failure to clamp on price controls six months ago. This never-told story starts last year when -the elder statesman, Bernard Baruch, publicly came out for price controls. Real truth was that the White House and National Security Re- sources Board were at that very | time toying with the same idea. But | when Mr. Truman heard that the | white-haired New York financier was for price controls, he reversed himself. The President had put | Baruch on his “S.O.B. list” when | Bernje refused to serve on a Dem- | ocratic committee in the 1948 elec- | tions, and Truman didn't want to be in the positfon of coming out for | price controls just after Baruch did. | Another factor was the strong | opposition to controls by Leon | Keyserling, then acting chairman | | of the Council of Economic Advi-| | sers. Keyserling, a former depart- | ment of agriculture economist and | assistant to Senator Bob Wagner, | was being attacked by right wingers | |on Capitol Hill a wild-eyed | | radical. | Keyserling, an able economist H-n%fi. but subject to human ambitions, V Iz 1z \ =1 F V] | wanted to be named chairman of | 33. Symbol for neon One who asks alms Flat parts of stairs Alor! ACROSS Also 3 . Type of lettuce . The theatrical profession . Deliberate indignity . G o by auiomobile Provided 5. Relieve horn . Positive 3 ster's command . No Jump Abound Tvpe measures ange 57. Set of three . Thus . Artist's stand 61, Support for Snare . Always: poetle . Cluster of wool fibers 1. Strike with the 63, open hand a vine . Make correce tion in as |the council and gain acceptance las a middle-of-the-road adviser. |And at that time he told both the Crossword Puizle s egg lent plant Wi/l Mo Wl o the Baranof Hotel. Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle v, Affirmative - . High card DOWN . Corrupt 2. Volunteer . About . Garment Attack plece of good fortune | Footway . Kind of fuel 34, Roll . Short pithy saying it up “amous garden rusted dishes . Sm ijug in golt . Olden timess of Reclamation | A. “Mrs. Marshall, this is Jean Norton.” r———— 1. What great tragedy In American history occurred on April 14, i daughter Connie and Lorna Lattery | Arola arrived Wednesday on Alaska WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 1951 MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147 SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. Wm. A. Chipperfield, Weatheraf Alaska Poinls| o Weather conditions and temper-| "=« o, etures at various Alaska points @ B.E. 0. ELKS also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 am., 120‘h Meridian Time, and released by the Weather Bureau| Meeting every Wednesday at 8 P.M. Visiting brothers welcome WALLIS S. GEORGE, Exalted are as follows: Anchorage .. Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Secretary. Annette Island —— JES S — Mcose Lodge No. 700 Barrow .. Bethel ... Cordova Dawson .. Edmonton Regular Meetings Each Friday Governor— ARNOLD L FRANCIS Becretary— WALTER R. HERMANSEN ... 30—Cloudy e 35—SNOW ... =10—Clear 21—Cloudy 35—Snow .. 14—Clear 31—Partly Cloudy - . 14—Clear e 34—SNOW . 31—Partly Cloudy 36—Cloudy - 3¢—Rain 13—Snow .. 9—Clear rvieinee. 20—Cloudy . 5—Partly Cloudy 34—Cloudy v 44—Clear 32—Partly Cloudy 42—Clear - 36—Rain 24—Partly Cloudy 34—Snow | Fairbanks Haines .. Havre Juneau Kodiak .. Kotzebue McGrath Nome .. Northway Petersburg Portland ... Prince George Seattle Sitka .. ‘Whitehorse Yakutat Pelican Chatter (Special Correspondence) Brownie's Liquor Store Pheae 163 139 Se. Frinkiln P. 0. Bex 3500 —————————————— "The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmasists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. ( I| Alaska Music Supply PELICAN, Alaska, April 1 — The ¢ Arthur M. Uggen, Beachcomber came in Monday with } Instruments a load of gravel for the Standard M‘:‘ 0il Co. Jerry McKinley, owner, his Phone 208 _Second and were aboard. GENERAL PAINTS and WALLPAPER Ideal Paint Store Phone 549 Fred W. Wenat Conrad Klippert returned from a business trip to Juneau Tuesday aboard his boat Arminta. Mrs. Robert Hartley returned to Pelican on Wednesday's flight after spending the winter in Billings. Mont. ! Mrs, K. Hoyt and two children, Mrs. K. Raatikainen and Mrs. Fiina Card Beverage Ce. ‘Wholesale 805 10th 8. PHONE 216—DAY er NIGHT for MIXEES er SODA FOP Coastal Airlines, R. E. Van Dyne arrived in Peli- can Wednesday. He is with the Standard Oil Co. The Valiant, Solar, Ocean Cape and Glacier Bay were in port this week heading for the fishing banks Mr. and Mrs. Toivo Anderson and their two children left aboard their boat, Greta, Friday. The Andersons The Alaskan Hotel Newly Renovated Reems at Reasonable Rates PEONE SINGLE O PHONB 655 will visit the relatives in Ketchi- kan about two weeks before return- ing to Pelican. The U S. heating industry pro- duced 680,000 floor furnaces for small homes in 1950. V.F. W. 1865? Of what country is Lima the capital? ‘Where are the radius and ulna of the human body? What 15th century painter attempted to build an airplane? ‘Who was the ancient Greek god of the sun? ANSWERS: Assassination of Lincoln. Peru. In the arm. Leonardo da Vinci. Apollo. There is no substitute for Newspaper Advertising! g GEORGE FLEEK a8 a paid-ap subscriver 1o THE VAILY ALASEA EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENING Present this coupon to the box office of the CAPITOL THEATRE and recetve TWO TICKETS to see: “SANDS OF IWO0 JIMA" Federal Tax—12c Paid by the Theatre Phone 14—YELLOW CAB CO.—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! Oldest Bank in Alaska 1891—0ver Half a Century of Banking—1951 The B. M. Behrends Bank Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent SAVINGS Taku Post No. 5559 Meeting every Thursday in the C.I1.0. Hall at 8:00 p.m. The Erwin Feed Co. 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