THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943. at the postoffice
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Nome, Alaska, Monday, May 2, 1949
TEN BUSINESS COMMANDMENTS
Ten Commandments for the operation of a successful
business have been outlined by Mervin A. Brach, presi
dent of the National Retail Clothiers and Furnishers
Association, as follows:
1. Thou Shalt Credit Thy Neighbor as Thyself for thy
neighbor’s credit is often the life blood of thy business.
2. Thou Shalt Respect Thy Patrons for thy patrons
are people, and hurt feelings may cost many sales in
many places.
3. Thou Shalt Not Chisel for a penny knocked off the
corner may verily destroy a dollar’s profit.
4. Thou Shalt Keep Thy House in Order for good
housekeeping is important to housekeepers . . . And the
first impression ye make a lasting one.
5. Thou Shalt Not Make False Promises. Keep thy ad- j
vertising truthful, for verily ye will be found out.
6. Thou Shalt Honor Thy Resources for these are thy
best friends. Their friendship and confidence is thy
greatest asset.
7. Thou Shalt Not Kill Incentive. Keep thy associates
interested and happy that they may reflect thy good
will throughout the day.
8. Thou Shalt Balance Thy Stock that thy patrons
may not turn to another for goods ye should supply.
9. Thou Shalt Not Commit Gaucheism. Yea, stay
within the bounds of good taste, even in thy sales and
special promotions.
10. Thou Shalt Guard Thy Good Name for only in this
are ye apart from thy competitor. Keep this mark in
mind in all thy dealings and in thy contacts with the
public.
HOW MUCH SECURITY
(Tulare, Calif. Daily News)
Most of the talk about the proposed expansion of so
cial security deals with the bigger benefits that would
be collected by more people.
It all sounds good—that is, if you don’t take the trou
ble to find out how much it will really cost. But even
the cost can be made to appear fairly moderate if you
don’t give it a second look.
For instance, when Arthur J. Altmeyer, the Social
Security Commissioner, testified recently before the
House Ways and Means Committee, he said that a tax of
something like 8V2/0 or 10% of the nation’s payroll
would be necessary to finance the expanded social se
curity programs. But only half of this—4 or 5 percent
—would come out of the employee’s paycheck. Enough,
but not too bad.
The catch is that the employer’s half of the expense
would be added to the cost of his product, and since em
ployees as a whole make up the main body of consum
ers, the employee would, in the final analysis, pay the
entire tax.
Not only that, but the fourteen billion dollars which
the payroll tax would produce each year, might not be
anywhere near enough. If it weren’t, the tax would be
hiked still more. Instead of 10 percent it might be 20
percent. And this, added to all the other taxes which the
consumer pays, would just about tax his paycheck out
of his pocket.
In the long run he would wind up with more financial
burden, more dictation from Washington and less real
security than he has right now.
LEWIS IS MOST POWERFUL
(Centralia, Wash., Daily Chronicle)
If we had a few more statesmen at the head of our
government and a few less politicians, then it might be
determined which has the most power, a national labor
leader or the United States government. As long as one
man, and we are referring to John L. Lewis, can order
THE ANNUAL OUTING
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thousands of men in a vital industry to stop work for j
two weeks, or as much longer as he desires, then Mr.!
Lewis appears to be the stronger.
Coal miners are not the only men thrown out of work
by his order. Railroad men by the thousands are laid off
as there are no coal trains to haul. And, if there is not a
sufficient stock pile of coal for many of the smaller in
dustries, they too must close down and additional men
are laid off. So far-reaching will be the effects of the un
necessary closing of the mines that no one knows, nor
probably never will know, just how many are effected.
It certainly appears the injunction clause in the Taft
Hartley law should be retained to be used, as it has been
by the President so many times when a vital industry is
closed down.
According to reports from members of Congress, their
offices have been flooded recently with favorable re
ports from citizens from one end of the country to the
other in answer to a questionnaire by a radio commenta
tor asking that practically every clause criticized by la
bor leaders be retained in the law. That laboring men
want these clauses retained is clearly shown by the let
ters members of Congress are receiving. The percentage
favoring the retention appears to be about 6 or 7 to 1.
Many union men, however, have been flooded with
literature from national officials of their union criticiz
ing the law. And it is sad but true that many of these
same union men, without studying the law and making
their own decisions, have come to the conclusion their
national leaders are right. There is a considerable per
centage, however, who are not so gullible and want the
law retained practically as it is.
But, regardless of whether it is called the Taft-Hart
ley law or what it may be called, the President should
have the power to stop such unnecessary tieups of in
dustry as the mine closedown. No one man nor group of
men should be allowed to throw such a large group out
of work, particularly when by so doing so many other
industries are affected.
“When does a fair deal become a raw deal?’.’ asks the
Berlin, Md., Eastern Shore Times. “When it becomes
disorderly and wasteful, of course. President Truman
wants to up taxes four billion dollars, with most of it
piled onto the concerns which produce our goods and
provide employment. They, in turn, will have to pass it
on to the general public.
To say that such an increase won’t hurt the average
man is like saying that high prices don’t affect the fam
ily budget. If the administration tax bill is enacted it
will be felt by every person in the land.
It would be most refreshing and encouraging if the
word economy were used more often by the White
House, and if the tax and spend theory were given a rest.
The latest sample of this sort of government is a plan
to give the officers and men of the armed services a four
hundred million dollar a year pay boost—most of it to
, officers. They get pretty good pay now from the civilian
viewpoint—and juicy retirement pay besides.
At A Glance —
(Continued from Page One)
ip C. Jessup called on Soviet dep
uty foreign minister Jakob A.
Malik in New York yesterday for
another in the series of informal
talks.
Little specific information was
given the public but in wesiein
circles there was cautious opti
mism. Jessup is in Washington to
day to give an account of the
meeting to secretary of state Dean
Acheson.
Moscow newspapers have not
published a word ubout the possi
bility of lifting the blockade and
the Russians have been reported
jamming voice of America broad
casts on the subject.
Communists all over the world
are preparing to celebrate May
Day. In New' York, London and
other European capitals, anti-com
munists this year had extensive
plans for counter demonstrations.
Moscow planned the usual pa
rade, w’ith a big military display of
power and a mass meeting with
speeches in Red Square.
The left-wing parade in New
York will march down Eighth i
Avenue. In opposition, a “loyalty
parade” will march down Fifth
Avenue, supported by Vice-Presi
dent Alben W. Barkley, secretary
of labor Maurice Tobin and Fran
cis Cardinal Spellman.
France’s Charles de Gaulle has
called a big counter-demonstration
in Paris. Rival parades will be
held in Copenhagen and Denmark.
In Tokyo, General MacArthur’s
headquarters suggested Americans
stay indoors to avoid incidents
while Japan’s communist and la
bor groups celebrate the day.
A four-engined British Aircraft
with a crew of four was reported
missing on a flight from Berlin to
West Germany.
British authorities in Berlin de
manded the release of three Brit
ish military policemen seized last
night by Soviet zone forces. The
Russians promised to do it.
Liberal Prime Minister Louis St.
Laurent has called general elec
tions for June 27 in Canada.
When to And What
To Worry About
CHICAGO (^P)—If you’re a wor
rier, here’s a time-table which
may come in handy.
Four psychologists at the Illin
ois Institute of Technology com
piled it from answers to question
naires by 103 other psychologists
in the “older” age group. They
were asked what they worried
about at various ages.
The composite worry time scale
was presented to the Midwestern
Psychological Association Satur
day at its 21st annual meeting by
Harry L. Newman o£ Chicago, ad
vanced psychology student at the
Institute.
The ages and their primary
worry subject are: 18, idealism
and personal development; 20,
personal appearance; 23, sexual
morality; 26, making a good im
pression on people; 30, pay and
cost of living; 31, personal busi
ness success; 33, job security; 33,
health; 41, political convictions;
42, marital difficulties; 45, giving
up ambitions; over 45 the prime
worry is health.
Newman pointed out that there
was much overlapping of worries
shown in the quiz answers. For in
stance health cropped up at a
number of stages, and idealism
was a strong contender for first
place throughout the 19 to 25 age
1 group.