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Friday, August 9, 1946
A ONE WAY STREET
PRESIDENT TRUMAN, REPLYING TO a sugges
m■ tion that exchange visits by Russian and American
educators and officials would promote better relations
between the two countries, said the trouble with the
idea is that “it is a one-way street.”
Mr. Truman told the Young Men's Christian As
sociation of Portland Me., which had made the sug
gestion to him, that the United States has already ex
perimented along that line and has learned it is a
process of “all give and no take.”
“We have been unable to get either newspaper1
publishers or professors from this country any travel
rights anywhere in Russia,” the President wrote.
“The members of our embassy staff are not al
lowed to go anywhere without being accompanied.”
On the other hand, Mr. Truman continued:
“We have had Russian correspondents, newspaper
men and professors and a great many other people of
that nature over here, and have entertained them roy
ally, but we never get a return engagement.”
In other words, it is an easy matter to flood the
United States with curious visitors from Russia and
to let them go where they like and see what they want
and say what they please both during and after their
sojourn in this country—and we have in fact done j
that very thing, as President Truman says.
But it is an entirely different matter, as he iron
ically reports, when the same privilege is cought in be
half of American visitors in Russia.
What few Americans get into Russia at all enjoy
no freedom whatever of either movement or observa
tion.
They see nothing in Russia except carefully pre
pared exhibits.
They are not permitted to send any word out of
Russia without approval of the Russian censors.
And after they return home, if they express any
opinions concerning Russia contrary to the formal pol
icy of the Russian government they are viciously mal
igned by the official organs of world Communism,
including the Communist Party in the United States.
President Truman has given the proper answer to
the Portland suggestion.
Too many American groups view the matter of
American relations with Russia as a “one way” pro
position, with the United States extending all the cour
tesies and showing all the good will and with Russia
availing itself of all the proferred privileges in this
country but granting none to Americans. «
International amity is hot to be attained in that
manner, and in seeking to do so the United States has
not only failed to gain access to vital information in
side Russia, but has earned only the contempt of the
Russian government which has played Americans for
suckers and has been abetted in that purpose by the
Americans themselves. (Seattle Post Intelligencer.)
UNIONIZING FOREMEN
/CURRENT ATTEMPTS TO UNIONIZE FOREMEN
^ in industrial plants throughout America is of inter
est to the general public as well as to industry and la
bor. /For it is apparent to anyone who will consider
the facts that such efforts, if they are fully successful,
will result in increased costs of consumer products.
These costs, naturally enough, must be relayed to the
buying public and will bring considerable advances in
TWO'S BAD COMPANY
living prices.
For generations both management and labor have
considered the foremen in the shop as management’s
representative there. It has been the duty of the
foremen to see to it that production levels were main
tained; that the “front office’’ received full value for
wages paid. Under the unionization program, man
agement contends that the foremen would cease to
represent the employer, and would give first loyalty
to the union and the union’s members.
Heads of the prosperous and efficient business
concerns naturally feel that, if unionization becomes
complete, they must install other representatives in
the shops and factory lines. This it seems, would be
only fair and sensible since maintenance of production
and the production rules are necessary to the life of
any industrial concern. But if management thus is
forced to add new personnel to take over a part of the
obligations now carried by the foremen, pay rolls cer
tainly will be increased. And with increased pay!
rolls come increased costs—which the consumer even
tually must pay. ,
It seems obviously unfair to business to ask it to
sacrifice all representation on factory lines—and that;
is what unionization of foremen would mean. But'
it would not be unfair to management alone. America
as a whole would suffer—suffer through decreased
production and increased prices. (Cincinnati Enquirer)
I
Rivers and Harbors
and Flood Control Bills
The omnibus Rivers and
Harbors and Flood Control
Bills (H. R. 6407 and H. R.
6597) which have passed
both Houses of Congress
are now awaiting the Pres
ident’s signature. The bills
appropriate no money but
merely authorize the con
struction of urgently need
ed projects for navigation,
flood control and other ben
eficial purposes in all parts
of the United States. These
projects have been recom
mended by the Corps of
Engineers as being econ
omically justified and the
construction schedule out
lined by the Chief of Eng
ineers. Alaska projects in
cluded in these bills are:
Harbor at Hydaburg; har
bor at An goon; channel to
connect Oliver Inlet and
Seymour Canal; Tenakee
harbor; harbor at Pelican
and the harbor at Gustavus.
these being included in the
Rivers and Harbors bill.
The flood control items
are Gold Creek and tribu
taries and the C h e n a
Slough.
New General For Alaskan
Department
Major General H. A.
Craig has departed fi
Washington to assume
duties as command
General of the Alaskan
partment succeeding
General Delos C. Emmi
General Craig served
General Eisenhow
staff during part of
war and then was recai
to Washington for s
duty. He is accomoar
to the Territory by 1\
Craig. The General is 1c
ing forward to his new
signment which will t
him to Alaska for the f
time. In the 1920s
trained with the late 1
Eielson, famous Ala
aviator, at Langley Fii
Virginia. Before leav
Washington General Cr
called on Delegate B;
lett.
To Make Alaska Vacat
Trip
George O. Baeracloe
and Andrew Stevensi
both of Washington, D.
called on Delegate Bartl
prior to leaving for Alas
on a vacation trip over t
Alaska Highway. Mr. Ba<
aclough spent two years
Skagway during the \v
as a civilian employee
the War Department and
anticipating his return wi
pleasure. Mr. Stevensc
a cousin of Robert Atwot
editor and publisher of ft
Anchorage Times, will 1
returning to Alaska for tl
first time in many year
He lived in Skagway as
boy and was graduate
from grammar school ther
His father established tl
Bank of Alaska in Ska
way.
Gridley Appointed to
Important New Post
After having served
an important position
the Navy Department d
ing the war, Ross A. Gr
ley has been appointed E
ector of the Construct
Branch of the Natio
Housing Administrat
with a staff of 39 constr
tion engineers. Mr. Gr
ley will advise home bui
ers on construction me
ods designed to cut cc
and save scarce materia
Formerly Mr. Gridley \
head of the Public wo
Administration in Ala:
and is widely known th
out the Territory. U
Gridley is at present or
vacation trip to her forn
home at Juneau.
Returns From Vacation
After a two weeks 1
cation trip to Alaska, 1
first trip home in th: