The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 6, 1951, Page 3

FRIDAY, APRIL &, 1951 THESE DAYS By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY The Poor Indian Every day there is something new to discover in the United States. This country js so big and varied, and in each section the people are so different. The other day I was in Tucson, Arizona, and I went to the Rotary Club there to listen to the Chief of the Papagos deliver one of the most eloquent speeches that I had ever heard. His name is Thomas A. Segundo and he is so obviously & leader of men inut were he not an Indian—a ward of the Depart- ment of the Interior—he could have been a member of Congress without any loss to that august body. What struck me so closely is that we, who are so eager to aid every nation on earth, do practically nothing for those from whom we have taken this country; that we violate our treaties with them; and that there are bills in Congress, at the present moment, designed to rob them, to steal their lands, and to deprive them of the few bene- | fits remaining to them. Perhaps | we need a point four program Iurl the American Indian right here at home. Millions, if not billions of dollars, have been spent by the American taxpayer on but there is little evidence to show benefits to the Indian from these expenditures. In fact, it would seem, | from the results, that the design of the Bureau hac been to make the Indian more dependent upon the Bureaucrats. The Papagos, for instance, can report that they have fewer schools and hospitalization facilities than 10 years ago. Most Americans might look at Lhe‘ figure of 2,855,021 acres that the,; Papagos have as a reservation, and| g assume that they are land rich. But Arizona is an arid country, its desert lands being among the least| productive in the United States. Ii am told that in many parts of the west, the Indian reservations are on bad lands, where living is diffi-| cult unless oil or minerals are found and the Indians are not robbed ‘We know too little about these peo- ple whom we conquered. We, wWhoig have the advantage of living here,} owe them, at least the debt of fair . treatment. I have, on several occasions, called attention to the facts that] the so-called pigmented peoples of the world, in Europe, Asia and Af- rica, distrust the United States more than they do Soviet Russia. The reason is that they are more offended by our social attitude to- ward the pigmented people in our midst. Soviet Russia has taken full advantage of this and has conduc- ted a long and successful propagan- da against this country on the baSis of what they call “White Suprem- acy.” While not accepting the Russian version of our social position, I cannot deny that they have pre- sented a picture which Chinese Indians, Iranians, Pakistani, aud{ all the peoples of Africa accept 5 true. In Korea, many of our msjor difficulties have arisen from che belief that all Americans hate and like to kill those who are not white. This présents a serious problem for a nation which is seeking allies among these very peoples. Certain- ly our treatment of the American Indian confirms the suspicion of unfairness. Even if we cannot be responsible for what our ancestors) did, we must avoid doing more of the same, and if we do not behave decently for the sake of the Amer- ican Indian, we might from the standpoint of national self-interest. I was told that some of the most outrageous bills introduced in Con- gress are designed to rob the Indian of his lands in the interest of oil the Indian Bureau,!p ‘companies which know of oil de-l posits beneath the soil. | ! It would be advantageous to the( | United States to give the Indian a ;square deal, to make him an inde- | pendent: American citizen, and to protect him in his economic rights. ‘We have taken a good country from | him. We have treated other peoples | whom we have conquered, the Cu- | bans, the Filipinos, the Japanese and the Germans, with faf can treat the Indians with fai; and justice. Money wasted by a sththll(‘n& bureau does not always indicats benefits to those who require them. \ Perhaps if we consulted the Amer- | with a better program have yet seen, HOQUIAM MiLL OFFICER HERE, BUSINESS TRIP Aaron Wise, general superintend- ent and purchasing ageut for the Posey Manufacturing Company of Hoquiam, Wash., is in Juneau where he has been conferring with U. S. Forest Service officials and lumber than we ican Indians, they might come up{ y Manufacturing Company y manufactures sounding‘ rds for pianos and uses between ! and five million board feet of Sitka spruce a year in the process. Tb~; are the largest such manufac- trors in the world, supplying 1 “.ctically every piano ccmpany . in Le country. Wise said they ure only the iigher type, clear gruined lumber and the company Imaintains two men in Alasks at all times at var- who grade and select ce. In the mnnufn('lure,‘ cut into sections and dri~1 down until it contains only 4 two percent moisture. Each' n, when assembled, is matched for color and grain and, Wise said, ligh. grain wood is generally pre- ferred for sounding boards. Posey Company moved to Hoq- 1 in 1903 irom California. Wise been with the company for 33 Average capacity of his plant runs between and 15 million feet per year. They turn out) approximeat 125,000 sounding | Lkoards per year -and also supply sounding hoards for guitars and mandolins. Most of the spruce is supplied by Washington, Oregon and British Columbia mills but | Wise pointed out that they are looking forward to importing even greater quantities from Alaska. In this connection he is stopping in Wrangell briefly to inquire into the possibilities of a mill being started in that town. He will leave Juneau on the Denali Sunday. Another product of importance produced by bis company are glued- up table tops for various furniture manufacturers. HOSPITAL NOTES Aimitted to St. Ann's Hospital Thursday were Gregory Aussin and Mrs. Robert Thompson. Discharged were Mrs. Charles Buttrey and ™ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA % i 3 L, &Y LA OPENED L : - — Pedestrians stroil across “Pe " over Main River in Frankfurt, Germany. It is the last of seven built to replace those ruined in last war, Boyd uses a rucksack chair to keep son, Mandy, occupied as she decorates pottery in Middlesex, England, ! Juneau. S |FWS TOP WOLFER WILL WORK THIS AREA FEW WEEKS Frank Glaser, Fish and Wildlife | predator control agent from Fair- banks, arrived here yesterday on PAA and is stopping at the Hotel and Skagway for about three weeks. 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