THE NOME NUGGET
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Nome, Alaska, Monday, March 19,1951
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TO THE TAXPAYER, IT AIN’T TIN
New York DAILY NEWS
The lastest instance of our alleged allies’ heartfelt
cooperation with us in the effort to stop Russian imperi
alism turns up in an indignant report by the Senate pre
paredness subcommittee on the subject of tin.
Tin is a straegic material, which the Government is
stockpiling busily, because we produce next to none of
it in this country. !
The subcommittee—chairman, Senator Lyndon B.
Johnson(D-Tex.) —finds that the price of tin has
jumped more than 150% since the Korean war began.
Reason: Output of tin in the anti-Communist part
of the world is controlled mainly by a group of Belgian,
Bolivian, British and Dutch corporations. These folks
never did exactly shrink from picking up a dollar
wherever they found it, and they’ve been making a
very good thing out of the U.S. stockpiling program.
They’ve jiggered and jollied production and prices so
that the U.S. taxpayer can be stuck for hundreds of
millions more to build up an adequate tin stockpile than
he would have paid if prices had stayed at pre-Korean
levels.
The Johnson group recommends that we just cut
out this buying until tin sinks to normal prices again.
Whether that would be a safe gamble is anybody’s
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guess. What if all-out war should start while we were
still short of tin? !
But haven’t we got some interesting “allies,” huh?
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The readers of the Nugget know that the answer
lies in the Second Division where a nation’s wealth of
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tin is waiting to be mined, where not even a decent
road exists for hauling the ore to this port, where de
fenses are negligible. I
Is our government so complex that it doesn’t know
these facts or do our leaders just close their eyes and
wait for the inevitable. |
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mended repeal.
44 Appointments Confirmed
In a joint session Saturday af
ternoon the territorial legislature
confirmed, without controversy,;
4 4 governor’s appointments to
territorial boards and commis
sions.
All but three of the appoint
ments were approved unanimous
ly. The largest oposition vote was
against Clyde Sherman of Fair
banks, who was confirmed, 31-7,
as commissioner of Agriculture.
Action was delayed until this
week on two appointees from
Fairbanks. Fourth Division legis
lators asked a delay before voting
on appointment of Joseph Fejes
tc the Board of Assessment and
Eq ualization because of lack of j
acquaintance with the Fairbanks
electrician and prospector.
Action on the appointment of
W'41 lack Cathcart, Sr., to the
Board of Health was delayed be
cause of Cathari/s illness.
Confirmations Saturday after
noon included approval or Muse
um Curator Edward Keithahn of.
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Juneau as a member of the Board
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of Trustees fofr the Sitka Pioneer
Home. Governor Gruening had
appointed Keithahn only a few
•hours' before the joint' session.
Both Houses worked late Satur
day night, with the Senate ses
sions devoted to the civilian ‘de
fense bill.
Liquor Bill Dies
Alaska’s Bouse of Representa
tives has given liquor sellers out
side of incorporated cities cause
for a Saturday night hangover.
It killed 14-10* a Senate bill
which would have relieved liquor
establishments erf the necessity
of getting hundreds or thousands
of signatures on petitions for each
annual renewal license.
The vote came after C. A. Pol
lard, Palmer Democrat, pleaded:
“Don’t give the liquor business
any more leeway. Alcohol will
kill anything alive and preserve j
anything that’s dead — and we i
shouldn’t loosen any controls.”
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Jack Scavenius (D-Anchorage)
argued it puts an unfair burden
on legal business to have to cir
culate petitions every year, and
Wendell P. Kay, also an Anchor
age Democrat, contended:
“It puts a ridiculous burden on
our already overburdened courts.”
The action highlighted a Sat
urday night House session last
ing to 10:30. The Senate ad
journed a half hour earlier after
continuing until Monday final ac
tion on a $1,100,000 civilian de
fense bill and tabling 7-6 a House
bill to extend general property
tax exemption for new industry
to five years. The exemptions
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were proposed primarily as an
incentive for the projected Ketch
ikan pulp mill.
Dr. R. M. MacKenzie, (D-Ketch
ikan) said he moved to table be
cause the property tax law is
presently involved in a court test.
Defense Cut Predicted
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Members of the Senate Finance
Committee have predicted the
civilian defense appropriation pro
osal will be cut drastically.
* ^Col Joseph Alexander, acting
adjutant general of the Alaska
National Guard and civilian de
fense head, on the Senate stand,
emphasized the • military didn’t
want to be involved in a major
civilian protection problem i n
case of hostilities, which would
keep it occupied.
Senator Howard Lyng, Nome
Democrat, tried to bring out/that
in case of attack the military
would probably declare martial
law and take over anyhow.
“If we are not attacked, we
won’t need civilian defense any- j
how, well we?” Lyng asked.
Alexander replied: “I think we
are in the path of flights to the
United States. I think an enemy
would drop bombs at key spots
in Alaska.”
Amendments to the civilian de
fense bill adopted by the Senate
included one to exempt newspa
ers and news services from seiz
ure at the governor’s order in
case of enemy action against Alas
ka.
The Senate tabled 7-5 a House
bill providing for log branding.
Senate bills passed by the House
included: tightening up the law
against NSF.... check writers, an
enabling act for territorial and
municipal ecployes to get under
social security and authorization
for cities to enforce car tax pay
ments before issuance of city
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windshield sticker licenses.
Legislature on Home Stretch
Alaska’s 20th Legislature starts
down the four-day home stretch
today.
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Thursday will be its 60th and
final legal day but by the law of
averages it probably will carry
into Friday.
One of the big remaining ques- j
tions is what new taxes, if any,
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may be enacted. The House is j
still considering the Senate-ap
proved boost in the canned salmon
tax and the increase to five cents
a pack in the cigarette tax.
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— A WEEKLY COLUMN —*
conducted by Otsifd C Eiwfr
Edmcmtione! Director, CkiUcreft
Advisory Service hs Chicogo
Indoor weather can be a problem*
for you mothers of active girls and
boys, who are not prepared with
suggestions for quiet play. Tbs
young school-age child particularly*
when left to his own devices, can
turn the house into a shambles in
no time at all, by moving about
furniture, rolling up rugs, and un
intentionally turning over and
breaking things.
By dinner-time, the living-room
floor is marred, the sun parlor win
dows smudged with dirty finger
prints, and the eurtains are awry.
And you are unnerved from the
noises made by bottled-up children
who have been playing “Run, Sheen,
Run,” “Hide and Seek,” or “Tug of
War,” in every room of the house.
Most of this confusion can be
avoided by guiding the child into
constructive channels of indoor play.
In preparation for such times as
these, he should be encouraged to
have a special drawer, or shelf, or
corner of the room in which he can
keep games and toys for quiet hours.
In Childcraft books, Ruby Bra%>
ford Murphy suggests “a Rainy-Day
Box or a Mystery Bag, that can be
filled up by the child and put away
for just such an occasion.” The box
or bag should be big enough to hold
an assortment of blocks, small bot
tles, buttons, beads, toy planes, mar
bles, a mouth organ, anagrams,
dominoes, a game of authors, toy
animals, and a favorite doll,
i Building with wooden blocks and
working jigsaw puzzles will keep
children amused for hours when
they have to stay indoors. Alphabet
and word games and picture writing
also offer many interesting possibili
ties. And, of course, there are al
ways clay modeling, crayon drawing
and colouring, and cutting out pic
tures from old magazines.
DRS. GOULD and MIDDLETON
AT COMMUNITY CHURCH
EASTER WEEKEND
Dr. Gordon Gould, Superinten
dent of the Alaska Methodist Mis
sion, and Dr. Vernon Middleton,
Secretary for Church Building
and Extension, will be in Nome
over the weekend. Since it will
be Dr. Middleton’s first visit north
of Juneau, Rev. Treat hopes %>
give the two visiting men an add
ed thrill by meeting them at the
plane with dog teams.
Dr. Gould will speak at the
Good Friday afternoon service
planned for children and youth to
’ * cnV>ool children may come
if they have a signed excuse from
p^rtins.
Dr. Middleton will give a brief
meditation at the Good Friday
eveningpresentation of the Can
tata “The Crucifiction,” presented
by the two adult choirs.
Dr. Gould will hold the quarter
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ly conference of the church dur
ing his visit here in Nome, prob
ably Friday night after the con
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cert.
TITLES FOR MOTHERS
.PRAGUE, (/P) — New honors
have been made available for Bui
garian mothers in the form of
medals. The medals include deco
rations of the “iGlory of Mother
hood,” and erf “Honorary Mother.”
The awards were reported by the
Soviet News Agency Tass, wh&h
failed to say what must be done
to earn the honors.