THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the
NOME PUBLISHING CO.
NOME, ALASKA
Telephone: Main 125 P. O. Box 6ia
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W. A. Boucher .Owner-Publisher
Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the postoffice
at Nome. Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Nome, Alaska, Monday, May 9, 1949
“CARE” “FOOD FOR MIND PROGRAM”
“Food for hungry hinds” is being added by CARE, the
Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe, Inc.,
to its continuing program of aid to war-torn overseas
countries. May 15 has been set as the date on which
CARE, which has already delivered upwards of 200
million pounds of life-giving food to 16 overseas coun
tries, will expand its government-approved, non-profit
service to include new scientific and technical books for
war-wrecked libraries in Europe and Asia.
The “Food for the Mind” program is being undertak
en with the full cooperation of the Library of Congress,
the American Library Association, the U. S. Book Ex
change and the United Nations Education, Scientific
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). In addition the
project has found unqualified approval of the State De
partment’s Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign
Aid.
“Millions of books have been confiscated and hun
dreds of libraries destroyed in Europe and Asia,” said
CARE Executive Director Paul Comly French in an
nouncing the program. For almost a decade, American
published scientific and technical books have been un
available to the rest of the world. CARE is responding
to the challenge presented by this dearth of educational
material throughout the world.”
The program will involve only new books. No solici
tation of used books will be made. CARE will purchase
the books requested by European libraries and institu
tions, and through special arrangements with publish
ers, all costs of the program will be covered within the
standard retail cost of the books shipped.
Individuals or groups may contribute funds for thej
CARE book program in any amount. All such contribu
tions are tax-exempt. Donors of sums over $10 may
designate the country and category of books they would
like sent. The donor will receive the usual CARE receipt
signed by the recipient of the books. Donations under
$10 will be put in the general book relief fund, and the
donor will receive a CARE acknowledgement, but not
a signed receipt.
Countries to which CARE is offering the new book
program include: Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia,
Finland, Italy, France, Greece, Korea, Japan, the Neth
erlands, Norway, Poland, Great Britain, the American,
British and French Zones of Germany, and all of Ber
lin. Negotiations with the appropriate government offi
cials are now in progress.
General categories which will be served by the CARE
book program include: health and welfare; nursing;
medicine; dentistry; agricultural science; veterinary
science; and English language instruction. In applied
science, books will be supplied in the fields of biology,
chemistry; engineering; geology; library administra
tion; mathematics; physics; physiology; psychology; so
ciology; and statistics.
Contributions toward the book program are now be
ing received and they may be sent to CARE’s headquar
* ters at 50 Broad Street, New York 4, or the CARE of-:
fices in major cities throughout the country.
WARNS OF FIRE DANGER TO CHILDREN
Science has reduced the deathrate from children’s!
diseases phenomenally, but we still permit fire to kill
thousands of defenseless youngsters every year, Fire
Chief W. W. Laws declared in a plea to parents to util
ize Spring Clean-Up Week to protect their homes.
The chief pointed out that people still have a feeling
that fire, like lightning, strikes haphazardly. He empha
sized that fire breaks out where conditions are favor
able, where rubbish is allowed to collect or electrical
wiring has deteriorated or any number of other hazards
have developed from simple negligence.
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Burns are still a leading cause of deaths of small chil
dren, accounting for 33 per cent of all home accidental
deaths of children under 5, the chief said.
iHe called upon parents to follow a better safety pro*
gram at home and join with local civil groups and
school authorities to clean out fire hazards in the com
munity. He suggested a few rules for children’s protec
tion which are recommended by The National Board of
Fire Underwriters:
1. Don’t leave children at home alone. Be sure your
baby sitter is a mature, reliable person and that she
knows how to call the fire department.
2. Keep young children out of the kitchen if possible.
See that all matches are out of their reach, and that pot
handles are not protruding beyond the edge of the stove.
3. Keep the back yard clear of all rubbish and broken
bottles. It will be more attractive as well as a more
healthful place for the children.
4. Don’t dress children in flimsy cottons or costumes
of net, brushed wool or rayon which flash fire danger
ously.
5. Conduct a family fire drill regularly so that chil
dren will follow directions quietly in an emergency.
NO IDEA OF COST OF “SOCIALIZED MEDICINE”
(Okanogan, Washington, Independent)
I am opposed, a local man said yesterday, to the pro
gram of socialized medicine proposed by President Tru
man. The program, I am convinced, is presented with
out any idea or concept of its possible cost. Even if it
were possible to gather together the total cost of medi
cal care for one year under the present system it would
not give an approximate idea of the probable cost of
free medicine attention for everyone.
England, which tried the plan, exhausted her budget
in three months.
At the present time we scarcely have enough doctors
and hospitals and nurses to take care of the ailing. Make
this service free for every ache and pain, and the facili
ties would be hopelessly swamped.
It takes ten years to produce a doctor and there is no
system by which it can be done in less time. The theory
of medical care for everyone, who is in need of it is good,
but to propose it as a free and general practice is to dis
regard completely the problem and its possible and
probable implications.
“We don’t know whether Congress ever passed a law
making it mandatory for private citizens in business to
be the collector for taxes his employees should pay or
whether it’s a ruling of some appointee. Anyway, it
doesn’t seem just right. It causes large industries and
employers of thousands of workers to employ much
more office help. Or is it possible the worker is not to
be trusted to make out his own return and pay his
share? ...” —Bradner, Ohio, Advocate.
The difficulty with most laws, human and divine, is
in their interpretation.
! Blame Commission
For “Chaos” In
Alaska Shipping
(By Charles D. Walk ins)
<(/P) Special Washington Servive)
WASHINGTON (/P), The House
merchant marine committee was
told last week by one of its mem
bers that the maritime commission
“must assume the major respon
sibility for the chaotic condition”
I of Alaskan shipping.
The criticism came from Rep.
Tollefson <R.-Wash.-, a member of
a sub-committee which investi
gated the shipping situation. His
, report, made at the closed session
! of* the full committee, was clis
: closed today.
' “The commission’s utter disre
gard of legislation which was
; passed by Congress in 1943 and
I designed to stabilize Alaska ship
i ping,” Tollefston told the commit
j tee. “was a prime factor in driving
> one of the two shipping compan
j ies serving Alaska completely out
of business.
“The commission’s action con
tributed to the nearly one-half
million dollar loss for a single
quarter year operation by the re
maining company.
“The commission seeks to ex
1 cuse itself by saying that the leg
j islation was only permissive and
not mandatory.
i “This is a strange statement, in
j deed, in view of the fact that the
! commission itself asked our com
mittee for this particular piece of
legislation, saying it was urgently
I needed to keep ships operating in
the Alaska trade.
“Certainly no member of our
1 committee thought it necessary to
| make the legislation mandatory
: when the commission itself was
| requesting the authority to do the
j thing which it said was necessary.”
j The legislation gave the com
i mission the right to charter gov
‘ ernment-owned ships to private
companies to carry on the Alaska
trade.
Tollefson told the committee
| that new legislation should be en
i acted immediately to improve
Alaskan shipping,
i He said it is imperative that
Alaska have an adequate water
; transportation, at a cost that the
' people of the Territory can afford
to pay.
j “The problem,” he said, “is one
i which Congress must solve soon,
! not only in the interests of Alaska
! alone, but also in the interests of
1 national defense.”
—
Asks Funds For
Surveys In Alaska
WASHINGTON — President
Truman has sent up to the Hill a
request for $200,000 to be used for
survey of public lands in Alaska.
The request represents an addition
to the money already being sought
to carry out the activities of the
Bureau of Land Management in
the 1950 fiscal year.
If allowed, the funds would pro
vide for six field parties in addi
tion to the four parties now pro
vided in the 1950 budget. The
President’s message stated: “Since
Alaska climate permits but 4 to 5
months of field work each year,
the four parties now provided . . .
will be able to complete at best
only about one-third of the work
now on hand. At present, requests
for surveys are being received in
greater volume than work can be
completed. Lack of completed sur
veys is seriously retarding the set
tlement and development of Alas
ka.”