The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 11, 1951, Page 4

PAGE FOUR Daily Alaska Empire Publisiied every evening except Sunday by the EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY Becond and Main Streets, Juneau, Alasks HELEN TROY MONSEN - - DOROTHY TROY LINGO ELMER A. FRIEND - ®otered In the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by earrier in Juneau and Douxlas fe six months, $0.00; one year, $13.50. By mall, postage paid, at the following rates: Onv gear, in advance, $15.00; six months, in advance, $7.50; one month, in advance, $1.50. Bubscribers will confer a favor if they will promptly notify the Business Office of any fallure or irregularity in the delivery of their papers. ‘Telvephones: 602; Business Office, 374. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not other- wise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. —— NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411 fourth Avenue Bidg., Seattle, Wash. News Office, Wednesday, April 11, 1951 NO PRIVATE CLUB Senatorial reaction to Senator Fulbright's sugges- tion for a sweeping investigation into governmental morals is not at all surprising. But it is discouraging, says the St. Louis Star-Times. Senator Ernest W. McFarland (Ariz.), Democratic floor leader, expressed that reaction. He openly re- buked Fulbright for his suggestion—as far as it related to Congress. Saying Fulbright had asked for an in- quiry into “the ethical standards of the Senate,” Mc- Farland commented: “I regret that a statement of this kind should be made on the floor of the Senate.” Why, in the name of common sense should he regret it? every member comes into it with an automatic guar- antee of high ethical conduct? Does elevation to the upper chamber of the august Congress insure that & man is angelic? There are disturbing evidences that the moral level in Washington as a whole is anything but a President Vice-President Managing Editor Is the Senate really so sacrosanct that| "o On the contrary there have been signs that nll may not be well with the Senate itself. There are the stories of the strange favors Senator McCarthy of Wisconsin got from Lustron Corp., for instance—the $10,000 for a pamphlet he didn’t write, the checks he had torn up for him at the race track. There is the story of the messy Maryland senatorial election of last year. There are the many allusions to possible senatorial pressures on the RFC. All these would seem to be indication enough that any investigation into the morals of government should be an investigation, into the House and Senate as well as the executive offices. Somehow the senators seem always convinced that they run a private little club in, Washington, an exclusive gentleman’s peerage. It is time they remember that the Senate is public property and that senators too must live in the goldfish bowl of investigation. ] FASHION NOTE The bride wore no stockings and the groom was in sport clothes as Elliott Roosevelt wed Minnewa Bell Ross, each marrying for the fourth time. Vogue would highly approve — casual clothing for a casual affair. A Place for Presidents (St. Louis Star-Times) Senator Owen Brewster (R., Me.) says he is think- ing of reviving his proposal to makKe former Presi- dents senators-at-large. Adoption of the new two- term constitutional amendment, he says, gives the proposal added merit. He has an obvious point. From now on—at least after Harry Truman’s term ends—no President will be able to occupy the White House for more than ten years. Yet our present sys- tem of government makes no provision for utilizing the experience a White House pccupant is bound to have accumulated during his tenure. He can run tor Senate or House, of course, after leaving the presi- dency. But such a step is obviously downward, d few Presidents have ever wanted to take it. They would be humiliated to be beaten for a lesser office | after having served/in the highest. Under the Brewster plan a former President would not have to run for office at all. He would auto- matically be given office space, a full staff, the salary of a senator and the privilege of speaking on the | Senate floor. He would not, though, be given a vote. Such a scheme would present a former President with a natural national forum. He would not have to do hotel lobbying for his ideas, as Herbert Hoover 'is now doing for his new isolationism. He would be iable to speak freely, assured always of a hearing. fal { And he would also, thanks to the salary he would be | ™ewton, MacArthur high one. Influence-peddlers seem to flourish. Fav-| paid and the expense account he would be given. be | oritism seems the order of the day. Corruption seems‘ frees at times almost an accepted thing. slightest evidence that the Senate s mountain above the swamp that surrounds it. d from worries And there is no Surely the B: tands like a tall| consideration. about a financial future. rewster plan deserves the fullest The Washinglon Merry-Go-Round (Continued from Page One) e R A B e SRR cussed with the British and French and which Truman planned to is- sue publicly. But, without a word to Washing- made the State- ment himself. Part of his text was almost verbatim with that sent him by the joint chiefs, though his threat to bomb Chinese bases was entirely his own. MacArthur’s Poiitical Record Naturally Washington boiled. Next day, Secretary of Defense Marshall sent MacArthur a person- al cable ordering him to clear all future policy statements with him. That cable was date¢ March 25, and MacArthur's letter to ex- speaker Joe Martin was dated March 20, so technically at least MacArthur is in the clear. In the eyes of the Defense De- partment, however, he is not. For on Dec. 5, 1950, confidential orders were sent to all military comman- ders to clear all policy statements with the Defense Department in Washington. Furthermore, MacAr- thur has had a history of jumping the traces, some of which is well- known, some not, but all of which has made relations between him and his commander-in-chief more strained than at any time in re- cent American history. Here is the record: Jump No. 1—In December, 1949, MacArthur let off steam to a group of Republican Senators visiting him in Tokyo about sending U. S. arms and troops to Formosa. This teed off the running debate be- tween the administration and the China bloc in Congress over Chi- nese intervention which continued for months. Jump No. 2—In the spring of 1950, MacArthur took an unauthor- ized trip to Formosa, got a lot of publicity kissing Madame Chiang Kai-shek's hand, and openly dis- cussed the idea of building up For- most as a base. This was in com- plete contradiction of the govern- ment's policy, and he obviously knew it. Jump No. 3—After we got into the Korean war, MacArthur sent his famous letter to the Veterans of Foreign Wars regarding the use of Formosa as a base. He was rep- rimanded by Truman. Wake Island—It was around this time that Averell Harriman, special representative of the President, went to Tokyo to soothe the Gen- eral's fur. At this time Harriman got MacArthur’s solemn promise to make no more policy statements without clearing them with Wash- ington. Truman is Charmed Following this, Truman made his special pilgrimage to confer with MacArthur on Wake Island. When he first arrived he was a little nonplused by the way the General strolled nonchalantly down to the runway—a little late—to meet him; and by the fact that MacArthur| chief. failed to salute his commander-in- He was also disappointed | that MacArthur's accompanying | party consisted chiefly of his per-| sonal doctor, his valet and ambas- sador Muccio, whereas Truman had | brought the chairman of thz joint| chiefs of staff and a group of ex- perts prepared to discuss import- ant far Eastern problems, 1t was _ because MacArthur FBUBTY no eXperts to Bifbiss*anys thing that the conference was SO abbreviated. However, during their brief time together, MacArthur charmed Tru- man completely and the President came away singing his praises. Jump No. 4—Came during Mac- Arthur’s November drive into North Korea. This was only a partial jump-over-the-traces, because Tru- man had given him the green light to dash up to the Manchurian bor- der. However, on more than three occasions the State Department re- layed warnings that the Chinese were about to attack—one from the French, one from India and several from the British. On another occasion, when the State Department urgently prop- osed a public statement assuring the Chinese that the big dams supplying water power to all Man- churia would not be bombed, Mac- Arthur sent back a curt three- word telegram: “Do not concur.” It was against this background of almost weekly friction between Washington and Tokyo that the cabinet seethed last week and this week over MacArthur's more re- cent trace-jumping. Rayburn’s Ghost Troops What speaker Sam Rayburn had in mind when he told Congress that “non-Chinese” troops were in Manchuria, was not = Russian troops, but four divisions of Rus- slan-trained Japanese troops. There has long been a small con- tingent of Pussian troops in Man- churia used for purposes of turn- ing Russian equipment over to the Chinese. But there have never been any Russian combat troops in Manchu and are not now. . . Much more dangerous is the well-} substantiated report that 15 divis- ions of the Red army are massed around the edge of Siberia, inclu- ding 3,000 to 4,000 planes plus four airborne divisions. This is the chief reason why the joint chiefs of staff have hesitated about bombing Chinese bases. They figure that if China is directly attacked, her mu- tual assistance pact with Russia will be invoked and the might of | the Red army will be thrown into battle—possibly 1n airborne land- ing operations against Japan—sig- nificantly, Secretary of State Ach- eson has come nearer siding with| the MacArthur thesis of retaliation | against China than the more cau-| tious joint chiefs of staff, Acheson | has always favored a naval block- | ade of Chinese ports, at one time even advocated bombing these | ports as a lesson to China for| thumbing its nose at the United | Nations. . . .Prime Minister Attlee, | when in Washington, had & hard time combatting Acheson’s ments on such a policy. argu- | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE-JUNEAU, ALASKA April 11 Ruth Cleveland Frances Tucker Mrs. Dolly Stewart Anita McNeil Ruth Posey A. M. Watkins Clara Huston Mrs. Mabel Stewart © e o 0 0 0 0 @ COMMUNITY EVENTS TODAY At T7:30 p.m. Civil Air Patrol, members and interested parties meet at subport. At 8 p.m. — Rebekah business meet- ing and election, IOOF hall. At 8 p.m. — Scottish Rite special meeting, 24th degree conferred. At 8 p.m, — Elks lodge. April 12 At noon — Chamber of Commerce meets at Baranof. From 4 to 5 p.m. Juliette Low Tea, Llks auditorium. At 8 pm. — Emblem Club busines: meeting, Elks auditorium. At 8 p.m. — Lutheran Ladies Aid meets in church social rooms. At 8 pm. — Annual meeting, re- ports, election 3-yeartrustees of | ACCA in city council chrambers. At 8:45 pm, — Juneau Singers re- hearse in Methodist church. April 13 At 7:30 p.m. Piano recital of grade school pupils of Mrs, Davis | in NLP church. i At 8 pm. — Scottish Rite regular meeting, 30th degree conferred. ! At 8p.m. — Instrumental and vocal | groups of high school in cm:uur:‘ in high school gym. Free. April 14 From 1 to 5 p.m..— Junior Artists annual exhibit at Dugout. Pub—‘ lic welcome. At 8 pm. — Two piano recital of High school pupils of Mrs, Davis| at Governor's House. At 8:30 p.m. — Sourdocey Sq Dance club meets in Grade sc! gym. — Girl Scout Marshall Lining Up Carpenters For Coming Work Frank Marshall, general repre- sentative for the United Brother- hood of Carpenters, returned by Paqific., Northern Airlines plane Monday from Anchorage. 1all visited Kodiak, Homer and Aachorage in an effort to line up loeal carpents for the couming season’s construction work which Marshall said will be vastly in- creased this year over other years’ operations. Policy of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters is to furnish as many local workers as possible .before im- porting help from the states. He stressed that his union was re- ceiving numerous applications from outside for employment, and some workers were even now coming north, but that the econstruction season would not be under way yet for another month. ARC MAN ARRIVES Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Sharpless of Boise, Idaho, arrived here on the Baranof and have temporarily taken up residence at the Gastin- eau Hotel until they can find other quarters. Sharpless has been with the Bureau of Reclamation at Boise but will be stationed here with the Alaska Road Commission. This is the Sharpless first trip to Alaska. Crossword Puzzle 39, 40. Close Symbol _tor tantalum 41 Puiled lieativn " Conjunction . Early English 44 Way AR 47. Transgressions . Traditional tale 49. Adds . Beam of light 52- Famous 65. Congealed water . Flower . Kill 59. Went ACROSS . Probabllities . Alack . Be under Denmark Thickness Tidings . Tall grass stem . Bound with narrow fabrie . Exclamation . Tireless . Myself . More exposed Of great age 2, Scotch river At 9 pm. — Douglas Junicr Class prom in Douglas gym. April 16 At noon — Lions Club, Baranof. At 8 p.m. — American Legion post meets in Dugout. At 8 pm. — Parent-Teacher Asso-| ciation in high school study hall. April 17 | At noon — Rotary Club, Baranof. At 8 pm. — Community Center night for adults at TeenfAge:club with square dancing. April 18 At noon — Kiwanis club, Baranof. At 8 pm. — VFW Auxiliary meets in CIO hall. WEEKLY WELL BABY CLINIC TOMORROW The Weekly Well Babg and Child Health Conference will be held at the Juneau Public Health Center, 318 Main Street, Thursday after- noon from 1 through 3:30. All mothers of infants and preschool age children living in this area are invited to attend these conferences j and to bring their children in to be weighed and measured by the Public Health Nurses. Mothers who are interested in this service may phone the Health Center, 218, for information and an appeintment. A. L. Besancon, Columbia Lum- ber Co. office manager -at Whit- tier, arrived here Monday from Seattle via PAA, conferred with Thomas Morgan, president of the company here, and planned to leave for Whittier via Fairbank and Anchorage, Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle Preclous stone Seat of the University of Maine . Walk in water . Watches parrowly . Japanese coln . Boat propelled by three rowers and four oars Make slower iffly proper Decomposed Halt 5. Like . Ingredient of AP Nowsloatures Inaspirated ) age Steeples 29, Formal dis- cussion . For_example: abbr. . Masculine name 33, Assemblage of cattle . Note of the P inable: collog. . Adjusted the pitch . Gain the vietory . Wading bird A single time Passage out Organ of scent . Age . Term of respect . Attention Color . Therefore World Friendship ! ! first syllable, the E as in DECK). | MODERN 3] 20 YEARS AGO 4%y ‘murerun | Ty APRIL 11, 1931 in annual meeting of the Juneau Radio Club in City Hall, . Garnick was elected president with Ludwig Nelson, vice-president; 3urford, sec -treasurer. There was a large attendance and of the treasurer’s report showed the club in good financial MS Estebeth left on its weekly trip to Sitka with the following board: For Funter, Mrs, Charles Otteson; for Tenakee, Mrs. ; for Hirst-Chichagof, O. Colvey; for Sitka: Frank Sully, Louis Valour. caplane Petersburg flew to Yakutat with three contractors, H. er, W. J. Gallagher and I. J. Anderson . The plane was sched- return during the afternoon and proceed to Ketchikan the next the Cash Bazaar, “Juneau’s pioneer cash department store” ad- in The Em , window curtains were listed at $1.25 a pair; 1 rugs, $5.00; fancy glass dishes, 15 cents each, and six cups and 75 cents. for D. Gross, of the Gross Coliseum theatres, was returning to Juneau e Yukon from Seattle accompanied by Mrs. Gross and their son. » Mabel, Capt. Ole Jackson brought 1,600 pounds of halibut to which he received 11.50 for first grade and 8.60 for second /. S. George, representing the San Juan Packing Co., made the Weather: High, 49; low, 34; rain. e et 5 et e e e i ettt WP ettt 2 Daily Lessons it Eaalish % L gorson It WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “I am sick to my stomach.” is better to say, ‘T am sick AT my stomach,” or, “I am nauseated. OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Unctuous (oily). Pronounce ungk-tu- us, first and third U's as in UP, second U as in USE, accent first syllable. OFTEN MISSPELLED: Farewell; FARE. Fairway, FAIR. VONYMS: Reflection, cogitation, consideration, contemplation, tion. 3 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: DECOROU becoming; eemly. (Pronounce with accent on “The speaker was attired in decorous d. proper fashion.” . . - [ GUETTE ’ uu LUSERTA LEE | Q. How should one eat spaghetti or macaroni when it is served Ital- ian style? A. To avoid embarrassment or mishap, it is better to break it with the fork, unless you are very dexterous and thoroughly experienced in the Ttalian manner of eating it. Q. What should a young man do when at a party or other affair,| and he finds himself next to a girl to whom he has not been intro- duced? A. Say, “I am Ralph Johnson. I do not believe I have met you.” Q. Would it be all right to send out formal announcements of a bride’s second marriage? A. Yes, although it is not customary. —~——. D e 1. What-is the major league baseball record for most homeruns in one game? 2. What is the speed of the average American freight car in miles per hour? 3. What great colonial figure induced France to declare for the | American cause against England? 4. What star is the most important for determining Jlatitudes? 5. What is a pundit? ANSWERS: 1. The modern record is four — held by Lou Gehrig, New York Yankees in 1932; Charles Klein, Philadelphia Phillies in 1936; Pat Seerey, Chicago White Sox in 1948: and Gil Hodges, Brooklyn Dodgers in 1950. 2. Sixteen miles an hour. 3. Benjamin Franklin. 4. Polaris, or the North Star. 5. A learned man. [2 1 1 I company the WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1951 Weather at Alaska Points Weather conditions and temper~ etures at various Alaska points also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 am., 120°h Meridian Time, &nd released by the Weathe: Burcau are as follows: Anchorage 5 Annctte Island . Barrow Bethel Cordova .. Dawson Edmonton Fairbanks Haines Havre Juneau Airport Kodiak Kotzebue McGrath . Nome Northway Petersburg Portland . Prince George Seattle Sitka i Whitehorse Yakutat .. 30—Cloudy 43—Cloudy 6—Clear 3 . 13—Snow | 30—Partly Cloudy | 17—Partly Cloudy . 30—Partly Cloudy | 24—Partly Cloudy | X 32—Snow | 26—Cloudy | . 28—Clear . T—Cloudy . 23—Snow 19—Snow 23—Cloudy 39—Drizzle i 51—Clear srnssioers T—Cloudy. . 46—Clear 42—Rain 5 30—Snow | .. 33—Partly Cloudy | LARGE HOUSING PROJECT MAY BE BUILT AT KODIAK Mayor Lee Bettinger of Kodiak, Capt. William F. Wesanen and Capt. L. J. Dow of the Kodiak Naval Station, - conferred with Federal Housing Administration Director C. C. Staples here Tuesday in regard to 410 single family dwelling units proposed for Navy and civilian per- | sonnel at the Navy base there. The dwellings, if approved by FHA, are to be built in the city| of Kodiak which will furnish the| utilities, Construction cost is esti- mated roughly at about $5,000,000. A number of private contractors are | interested in sponsoring the con-| struction and several have drawn preliminary plans. If the deal goe: through, it will be the first large military housing in Alaska that will be FHA-insured, Staples said. Paul Sufton, chief underwriter and George Bond, chief valuator, of the FHA office here, will ac- Naval party,to Kodiak today to make investigations. It is planned that Naval representatives | will make a trip to Washington, D.C. next week to present the urgent need for the housing. Alaska Puliic Works has approved expenditure of $657,500 for sewers and water supply which will include the housing area. The water supply project involveg construction of a large storage reservoir and distribu- tion lines. Preliminary plans by Hubbell and Waller, Seattle engin- eers for the project, have been ap- proved and it is expected that bids can be called by June, Bettinger said. Bettinger plans to be here until tomorrow. He also will go to Wash- ington in the interests of the pro- posed housing. ELKS TO INSTALL OFFICERS TONIGHT Tonight is another one for the Elks. There will be installation of new officers and following this and the usual business there will also be the big feed. i There is no substitute for Newspaper Advertising! JACK GLOVER as a paid-ap subscriber 1o THE VAILY ALASKA 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 sece: "THE WINDOW" Federal Tax—12c Paid by the Theatrea Phone 14—YELLOW CAB C0.—Phone 22 and an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and RETURN YOU to your home with our compXments. 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 COMMERCIAL SAVINGS STEVENS® LADIES'—MISSES’ READY-TO-WEAR Seward Street Near Third The Charles W. Carter Mortuary Fourth and Franklin Sts. PHONE 136 Caslers Men's Wear McGregor Sportswear Stetson and Mallory Hats Arrow Shirts and Underwear Allen Edmonds Shoes Skyway Luggage BOTANY 1150011 CLOTHES 36—Rain | > MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE N SECOND and FOURTH Monday of each month in Scottish Rite Temple beginning at 7:30 p. m. Wm. A. Chipperfield, Worshipful Master; JAMES W. LEIVERS, Secretary. €) B.p.0.ELKS Meeting every Wednesday at 8 P.M. Visiting brothers welcome. WA!..LIS S. GEORGE, Exalted Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Secretary. 147 Moose Lodge No. 700 Regular Meetings Every Friday Governor— ARNOLD L. FRANCIS Secretary— WALTER R. HERMANSEN . V.F. W. Taku Post No. 5559 Meeting every Thursday in the C.I.O. Hall at 8:00 p.m. Brownie’s Liquor Sfore Phone 103 139 So. Franklin P. O. Box 2508 The Erwin Feed Co. Office in Case Lot Grocery Phone 704 HAY, GRAIN, COAL and STORAGE ) s 0 st b Mt —EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY— "The Rexall Store” Your Reliable Pharmacists BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. Alaska Music Supply Arthur M. 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