THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the postoffice
*t Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Nome, Alaska, Wednesday, April 5, 1950
MR. DOOLEY DOES A JOB
(By George S. Benson, President Harding College)
Nearly a year ago, a Mr. Dooley came to Arkansas.
The occasion was the first of Harding College’s unusual
“Freedom Forums.” Mr. Dooley, president of a small
business in Saginaw, Michigan, thought that since he
was about ready for retirement from the heavy respon
sibilities of managing his business interests, he might as
well begin taking it easy. He’d come down this for tow
ard Hot Springs, to see what these seminars were all
about.
Well, he came, went to Harding's now famous “school
for freedom” for five days, returned to Sagniaw a
changed man. Mr. Dooley says that he “found himself”
down here in Arkansas, that he went back to Michigan
with no intention of retiring to a life of fishing and
golf. Returning recently to the campus as an alumnus
of Freedom Forum I, Mr. Dooley told a “class” of forum
conferees here about his experiences after “graduation.”
First thing he did on returning to Sagniaw last Feb
ruary was to find out what the local Chamber of Com
merce was doing to help create better economic under
standings in the community. Did they have a speaker's
bureau? No. It seemed that nobobdy was available to
speak on the general subject of the American way of
life and what it means today. Everybody too busy, Folks
enjoying the fruits of enterprise: business good and
jobs plentiful.
But nobody saying much about why. Most citizens
too busy to talk up the story of America and what it
means to everybody. (Of course, the propagandists and
cynics were not too busy. They were saying a lot about
what’s wrong with America, and how radical change is
necessary to “sovietize” the country into another won
derful, socialist Utopia). Suddenly the phone rang.
Would the Chamber of Commerce supply a speaker? 1
Mr. Dooley got the job.
So, Mr. Dooley, who had never before made a speech,
forgot about retirement. He also paid no attention to 1
the fact that he wasn’t an orator. It didn’t even bother
him to recall that formal education was something he'd
missed as he grew up. But he got together his notes
from the Freedom Forum, bolstered his own ideas with
further research in the public library, and got his am
munition ready.
Ever since that first speech, Mr. Dooley has been in ;
demand as a speaker. He has had good audiences nad
has merited the splendid acceptance given him. But he
was not satisfied with his own efforts. He drew around
him a group of other industrial*and civic leaders capable
of discussing free enterprise and related subjects. With
these men, he formed an independent speakers bureau
which has operated very successfully in his section -of
Michigan.
So outstanding was the service of this group, that the
Governor of the state asked Mr. Dooley to spark-plug
a similar program that would be statewide. Hats off to
Mr. H. M. Dooley, of Saginaw, Michigan, and others
like him who are filled with zeal and determination to
do their bit to help preserve the American way. I could
tell you of others, both individuals and companies, that
have been thus inspired to set up programs now having
great results along these lines.
I wanted to mention Mr. Dooley. He didn’t have to do
what he did. In this free America, nobody has to take a
stand on anything. Nor were there secret police stand
ing by to say what Mr. Dooley could or could not do. But
Mr. Dooley, self-made in a country that allows men to
make themselves, had a debt to pay. He wanted to do
something for America and his job is not yet finished.
If the American brand of civilization endures, it will be
because he have enough Mr. Dooleys on the job.
CHAMBER OF |
COMMERCE
Question of the Week—"Do you
think the development of Nome
justifies borrowing $765,000.00
from the Federal Utilities Work^
Program?
The Chamber of Commerce met
yesterday at the Northern Grill
with Paul Mandeville presiding.
The problem of defense was
brought up and reviewed and it
was urged the Chamber continue
to correspond with various groups
to keep the issue open and before
Congress. It was particularly sug
gested that the other chambers of
the Territory work with this group
as it is for the common good.
A suggestion was made that Ted
Duffield draft the most important
needs of the Division to be placed
before the legislators. Mr. Duf
field stated that primarily the
Chamber should work to promote
and stimulate interest in mining j
and then roads, defenses, etc.
Mr. Harper called attention to
the fact that this Northwestern
Alaska Chamber of Commerce
was cited as the most alert cham
May Obtain Insulin
From Halibut
OTTAWA, (/P) — Extraction of
commercial quantities of insulin
from halibut and whales on the
Pacific Coast is under investiga
tion by the Canadian fisheries de
partment.
A department publi cation
“Trade News,” said that its Pacific
fisheries experimental station is
looking into the question of hav
ing fish provide insulin, the Ca
nadian-discovered prepar a t i o n
used in combatting diabetes.
Canadian scientists turned to
fish as a potential source because
demand for insulin has been dou
bling every five years since 1930.
The normal supply — from beef
pancreas—is relatively fixed.
“From investigations made dur
ing the summer of 1949,” the de
partment said, “it would appear
that the most promising sources of
insulin on this 'Pacific) coast are
to be found in halibut and whales.”
ber in setting forth their program
and suggested that last year’s pro
gram be a basis of study for this
year.
NOT FOR LESSER MEN!
(Christian Science Monitor)
We nominate Dr. Robert A. Millikan for the Order
of the Turning Worm. If there isn't any such order,, one
ought to be invented. If the award isn't as famous as
the Nobel Prize he already holds, there are many who
would like to make it so.
We nominate him on behalf of legions of long-suffer
ing banqueters who have sat through report after re
port, remarks upon remarks, introductions as lengthy
as lectures, only to be confronted at long last by the
speaker of the evening who grimly pronounces every
last word he came prepared to say.
We nominate him on behalf of all those speakers who
rise to face an audience by hours of preliminaries and,
miserably wondering what is expected of them, finally
deliver as per contract and hope their hearers will for
give them.
Dr. Millikan, faced by such a situation, faced up to it
and conquered it like a champion. Said he:
At this hour, I fear the mind is too weary to lis
ten to the speech I have prepared. I had intended to
discuss one of the chapters in my new book, “The
Road to Peace.” Any of you who are interested
mav read the book.
4/
Then he sat down.
Just right! Exactly what thousands have longed to
hear; exactly what other thousands have longed to do.
But how many of us Average Worms will have the
nerve to turn—next time
MAN INACTION
Rxcise 7A>n J
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All Alaska Mother
To Be Chosen
Selection of the All-Alaskan
mother, who will be the guest of
the American Mothers’ Commit
tee of the Golden Rule Foundation
i in New York on Mother’s day, is
1 under way, according to Mrs. W.
A. Smith of Anchorage, Territori
! al chairman.
Mrs. Smith said recently the se
1 lection had been narrowed to
I
| four outstanding mothers over the
Territory, and that a judges’ panel
of local women was being appoint
ed to make the final selection.
None of the nominees are from
Anchorage.
The mother finally chosen will
carry with her a citation from the
Territory which will be recorded
with the Foundation in its work
to bring perpetual peace to the
world through an amalgamation
of motherhood and the principles
for which motherhood stands.
The four from which an Alas
kan Mother will be chosen are
these women, all outstanding in
their own cities for not only su
perb motherhood, but community
services as well:
FAIRBANKS — MRS. AGNES
HERING, mother of 11 children,
| eight of whom lived to be reared
in Fairbanks. Mrs. Hering has
lived for 43 years in Alaska.
NOME — MRS. M. J. WALSH,
mother of ten children, all born
and reared in Nome, and all hold
ers of college degrees.
JUNEAU — <Two nominees —
MRS. M. O. JOHNSON, mother of
| two grown daughters, very active
| in Juneau women’s affairs and a
, past president of the Alaska Fed
! eration of Women’s Clubs.
MRS. MARY MONAGLE,
mother of seven living children
i and four others who died in
! youth. Her seven sons and daugh
ters were reared in Juneau and
all attended institutions of higher
education Outside.
Mrs. Smith said the choice will
be hard to make, as each of the
four mothers are outstanding wo
men of the Territory.
House Will Pass
Federal Aid To
Schools Program
WASHINGTON, (£>)—Rep. Lu
| cas <D.-Tex.) said yesterday he
j thinks the House will pass “some
sort of federal aid program” for
; school construction this session.
! He is chairman of a House edu
I cation sub-committee now hearing
testimony on 13 federal aid bills.
He told a reporter he hopes the
full committees will have a bill
ready for the House on or soon
after April 17. Rep. Lesisnke (D.
Mich.) is chairman of the full
committee.
Meanwhile, the sub-committee
this afternoon heard George T.
Guernsey, director of the CIO’s
education department, testify that
“Congress has been negligent in
meeting the needs” of the school
age population.
Delegate Bartlett of Alaska, tes
tified that “several thousand Alas
kan children can’t go to school,”
despite a compulsory attendance
law, because of lack of facilities.
He said Delegate Farrington of
Hawaii agreed with him that in
any federal aid bill the two Terri
tories be given the same aid status
as States.
One result of a 40 per cent pop
ulation increase in Alaska within
the last 10 years, Bartlett said,
has been lack of adequate school
building in every single school
district.