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BILL OF BIGHTS
(Business Action)
The basis of private enterprise is the
right of the citizen, as an indicidual, or
jointly with others, to set up in business
for himself—to venture his personal ef
forts and capital; to own, use, and risk
the mechanical means of production. The
reward of success is profit, and the pen
alty of failure is the loss of what has been
ventured. Nothing else than this can pro
vide the incentive to that initiative and
efficiency upon which economic progress
is built. The process of exploration, re
search, invention, and experiment are all
characteristic of free private enterprise.
And without such economic freedom,
without substantial freedom of the indi
vidual to seek his living where he can
find it, and to venture his means where
profit seems likely, and to be obliged to
no man for this—without these it is £ure
delusion to imagine that political free
dom, even if it exists, can long endure.
We hold, that for us, no further ground
should be yielded to state activities or
controls, unless the ends to be served are
clearly in the interests of all, and recon
cilable with our basic concepts.
DUMPING WHEAT
(New York Times)
At a time when acute food shortages
prevail in Europe and scarcities at home
are becoming more important, it is re
ported that in Oklahoma wheat is being
dumped in the fields because there are
not enough freight cars available to ship
it to terminal markets. Thus, while an
appeal is made for people to help with
the harvesting, we learn that some of the
products harvested may not be trans
ported to the market. Here is another il
lustration of the need for better coordin
ation in our food program.
This situation has not developed sud
denly. Grain men, farmers and State of
ficials have been warning Federal agen
cies for several months that transporta
tion facilities would be inadequate. Why
has it not been possible to have a suffi
cient number of freight cars to meet
these needs when they were known so
long in advance? Certainly, freight cars
are being used to transport many items
less essential than wheat. Moreover, it
seems strange that enough freight cars
have not been available, particularly in
asmuch as the needs of a one-front war
would appear to be smaller than those of
a two-front war. Who is to blame for the
reduction in food supplies which may
take place because of the failure to act
earlier? To what extent will available
supplies of wheat fail to reach the mar
ket? How soon can we expect a correc
tion of any mistakes that have develop
ed? With large-scale harvesting soon to
start in Kansas, the answer to these ques
tions are of urgent national interest.
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ST4R-LITFS
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By CHUCK COCHABD
Spiking «f Cloth**—Wait until
you see lferle Oberon in "Night
In Paradise" as the Persian Queen
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... If you think she wore tight
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pants in "A Song to Remember"
wait until you see this epic ... It
takes Merle an hour to get into the
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tight-fitting trousers and another
hour to don the bodice and ar-'
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range the jeweled hair-do.
It Can Happen In If aw York, Too
. . . The famous Conover Model
Agency in New York is said toj
have turned down Lauren Bacall
marty many times before another |
agency gave her a break—now
she’s Warner Bros, biggest “star”!
discovery since Annie Sheridan
. . . Humphrey Bogart’s “Baby”
as well.
On* For Tho Books . . . Le Roy
Mason is leaving Republic Studios'
after several years there—and
getting himself “killed” in 116
motion pictures . . . One of the
really great films of the year is
“Valley of Decision” starring
Greer Garson and Gregory Peck
—they have done the book justice
—and that is saying Puulenty.
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The Biggest Male Discovery of
the year is Cornel Wilde—when \
you see him in “A Song to Re
member,” with Paul Muni and
Merle Oberon—well he all but
walked away with the acting hon
ors—and that’s a big task with ■
such a cast . . . Now he’s been I
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cast in the all-color epic best-sell
er “Captain From Castile.”
On The Cuff Reports . . . When
you see “Dorian Gray” a mediocre
pictufe, you’ll go into the raves
over the English lassie Angela
Lansbury—they claim she’s a
British prototype of the late Jean
Harlow . . . Walter Disney is try
ing to get Jimmy Durante as
Casey at the Bat for one of his
new half - human - half - cartoon
films . . , Believe It Or Not—
Barry Fitzgerald took his name
from Geraldine Fitzerald . . .
When Barry first started in Dub- j
lin, Ireland he was known as Will
Shields . . .
William Boyd is expected to re- ^
sume the title role in the Hopa
long Cassidy series of westerns
after a two-year layoff , . . Marx ]
Brothers will be back before the ]
cameras this summer . . . Fred
MacMurray’s newest comedienne
partner will be Marguerite Chap
man in “Pardon My Past” . . .
Charles Bickford didn’t remain
good very long—he’s got the cynic
part in “Fallen Angel,” with Linda
Darnell and Lynn Bari—it’ll be a
I second "Laura.’*
Sheldon Clarifies Alaska’s
Unemployment
Compensation Law
“There seems to be some con
fusion regarding t)i« Unemploy
ment Compensation Law of Alas
ka, especially as to the amend
ments made by the last Territorial
Legislature,” says R. E. Sheldon,
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Executive Director of the Unem
ployment Compensation Commis
sion.
“As a result of those amend
ments, the Public is reminded that
effective July 1st of this year ev
ery employer in Alaska who hires
any person for any time (this
means a day or any part of a day)
must report the wages paid the
employee or employees for unem
ploment compensation purposes.
“On May 10, 1945, a form was
malied out to employers, with a
request that same be completed
and returned to the Alaska Unem
ployment Compensation Office in
Juneau by July 1st so that a de
termination of liability could be
made.
“Some employers have not re
turned this informational form
and should that it is necessary
that they do so at once,’ Mr. Shel
don said. “Any employers who
have not received this form
(UCA-1) or who may have mislaid
it should write the Unemployment
Compensation Commission, Box
2661, Juneau, Alaska, at once and
request a copy. When these de
terminations of liability are com
pleted, quarterly reporting forms
will be sent out and account num
bers set up,” Mr. Sheldon stated.
“An employer should not as
sume that he is exempt from cov
erage, as the Unemployment Com
pensation Commission must take
that determination under the Law.
There are very few exemptions and
it should be clear that part time
or temporary workers are also
covered under the Act.
“Generally speaking,” Mr. Shel
don said, “The cooperation of em
ployers has been good in regard
to the new ‘one or more’ amend
ment and, after every employer
has full knowledge of the provi
sions, little administrative trouble
is anticipated.”
Mussolini had nothing on Nero.
This earlier Italian dictator also
had a mistress, named Poppaea.
According ot Encyclopaedia Brit
annica, Poppaea engineered "he
murder of Nero’s mother, his wife
and a great many political and so
cial enemies. Poppaea died two
years before Nero committed sui
cide to avoid being dragged to
Rome for execution. Cleopatra,
mistress of Anthony, recalls an
other parallel to complicity in the
life of an Italian ruler. Cleopatra
and Anthony were supposed tr
have ended their lives together
in a suicide pact.