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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the postoffice
at Nome, Alarka, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Nome, Alaska, Monday, December 20, 1948
AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY
(By George S. Benson)
Now and then, a sorry scene is staged in the drama of
American life. I refer to the tragic American denial of
basic American principles by misled persons and groups
acting in the name of religion. It grates on my ears when
I head of it. Though some of these persons are sincere,
doubtless, I get plenty riled when I read the news that
some church group decided that those principles which
have so long brought us prosperity and well-being, must
be replaced as behind-the-times.
Here are free Americans, citizens of a land that
grants them freedom of religion, assembly, speech—citi
zens whose founding fathers dedicated this nation to
truth. They know that in America, the most liberty is
found in doing right deeds. Yet—these who receive so
many blessings—yet will they deny the heritage which
should be theirs to pass on to their children. Believe me,
they are yelling for the wrong team.
In New England last June, a group of ministers met
and in unanimous agreement called for “change toward
the better society.” So far ,so good. But then, this group
denounced the idea of profit incentives! “Monopolistic
capitalism,” they said. What blindness! In this frame of
mind, would it not be easy for them to embrace com
munism? It chills my blood to think that any religious
body in America could be no unaware of dangers ahead.
This same group called for the creation of “commun- i
ity without loss of individual freedom.” What contra
dictions! What impossibilities! Do you know what com
munity is? It is not individual freedom, not the right to
your own decisions, not the exercise of self reliance.
That shadowy wording means: state control of every
thing. “Community” is common ownership; it is Com
munism. Th^s is amazing, for a religious group to call
for a state dictatorship system—for Communism itself.
Out in California last year a very large and influen
tial group of churchmen accepted a conference report
which lashed out against “the un-Christian motivation
of industry by the lust for profit.” In simpler terms,.this
means you are under suspicion if you have ideas about
either having or making'money. One religious leader
present said it was not profit itself, but just the desire
for profit, that was opposed. What nonsense for educa
ted men!
To say things like that is to condemn industry in
whole and in part. Labor, rigljit along with management,
is socked right between the eyes. This kind of thinking
^.denies the basis of America’s strength. It would repeal
the principles which have made our land the finest ever,
anywhere at any time. It calls for the‘overthrow of
American system. That is exactly what will h'-> ro
take place if the profit-motive is ever discarded.
More than in any other country, we here in Anrr.T'1
have achieved the goal of the greatest good for the
greatest number. The accomplishments of our economic
system put other nations to shame. Our country is not
perfect, nobody claims that. But, is it time for a change,
an about-face? No. I’m not ready to exchange the Amer
ican system for some vague scheme that never has
worked and gives little promise that it ever will.
I cannot help wondering why these churchmen say
these things. Is it because they have not read the Para
ble of the Talents (Matthew 25)? Can they not see they
are following right in line with those who long to de
stroy America? Do they want a Godless nation, like
Russia? Are they the unassigned agents of systems for
eign to America? I have not the answer. But I do place
confidence in the religious people of America. All to
gether, we must preserve this nation.
GOP Seeks to Oust
Gov. Earl Warren
LON ANGELES, </P)—A move
ment aimed at removing bo h
Gov. Earl Warren and the cro.-s
filing election system from the
California political scene is off to
a loud start.
Som^ 125 southern California
Republicans — Partisan Republi
cans—they call themselves, have
lambasted Governor Warren, the
GOP’s 1948 vice-Presidential can
didate, as “wishy-washy and nam
by-pamby” as the party’s state
leader.
The group organized into a com
mittee and laid groundwork for
an initiatiove petition to abol sh
California's unique system of al
lowing candidates to file on both
Republican and Democratic tick
ets in primary elections.
PAA And NWA
Slug It Out
Before CAB
SEATTLE (/P>—Wrangling over
the Great Circle air route between
Pan American World Airways,
which wants to share it, The
Northwest Airlines, which has it,
continued today with Pan Am
contended that Northwest holds a
powerful competitive advantage in
trans-Paoific flying. The firm also
accused Northwest of “obstruc
tionist tactics” and “seeking to
confuse the issues.”
The answer was made to a re
ply filed by Northwest to Pan
Am’s application for amendment
of its trans-Pacific certificates.
Pan Am wants certification for
flights from Seat tie-Port land to
the Orient by way of the Great
Circle route, with one probable
stop at Adak in the Aleutians.
Northwest, which now has the
only certificate for the route, is:
opposing Pan Am’s application.
Donald G. Graham, Seattle at
torney for Pan American, said the
line wants to utilize the long
range capabilities of the new Boe
ing Stratocruisers which soon will
be put into service.
Two To Three
Thousand M. P. H. 1
Possible In Air
WASHINGTON, </P>—*The man
whose company built the 1.000
mile-an-hour Dell X-l rocket plane
says aircraft -“two or three times”
as fast as now possible. *
The engines needed for such
speed are available, plane manu
cturcr Lawrence D. Bell said
Friday night, ahd “stability and
con'rol at really high speed al
• i. v have been achieved.
Dell, president of the Bell Ari
*raf Corp., of Buffalo, N. Y., was
i° of three men awarded the Col
lier air trophy for achievement in
• viation, as part of a celebration
".larking the anniversary of the
Wright Brothers’ first flight.
Dell said the experimental roc
;et craft needed a great deal of
completely unconventional equip
ment—topped of course, by an air
speed indicator with higher read
ngs that any ever before used.
“The knowledge that we have
gained in this research opens an
entirely new frontier of flight
heretofore not dreamed of,” he
said, adding:
“The success of the X-l has
taught us much in the realm of
speeds faster than sound that now
makes it possible to build man
carrying airplanes with speed two
or three times that of the X-l.”
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