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_Friday, July 20, 1945
WHO PUZZLES WHOM?
(New York Times)
Since it is permissible to introduce
grave matters lightly there is the story
of the little boy who was told to stop
pulling the cat’s tail. He insisted that he
was doing nothing of the kind. All he did
was to hold on to the cat’s tail and the cat
did the pulling. That is virtually the ex
planation which you hear on every side
here at home for the sometimes tense
state of Soviet-American feeling. Soviet
Russia can be accused of nothing more
than holding on to the cat’s tail. It is we
who have created the unfortunate state
of tension by pulling in what we consider
the right direction.
In every case of Russo-American mis
understanding, it is the assumption, in
quarters mentioned above, that we are
always at fault. We ignorantly or per
versely fail to understand the Russians
and their use of language. The thought
is never suggested that the Russians and
their use of language may be hard to un
derstand for us, and sometimes impossi
ble to understand.
Take a plain everyday word like “co
alition.” A writer in Izvestia says that
China’s great need is “a coalition govern
ment dedicated to democracy.” To real
ize that aim two steps are necessary.
First there must be a national assembly
in which all parties are represented. Af
ter this must come “the removal of the
reactionaries who now head the Kuomin
tang, the Chinese government party."
In other words, coalition as used in
Izvestia means the elimination of the
people Izvestia doesn’t like. Compromise
means a purge of one’s opponents. If
there is in the United States and other
English-speaking parts of the world a
gross misunderstanding of Izvestia’s
stand on coalition and compromise it is
because the English-speaking nations
maliciously twist the meaning of these
words, or are just plain dumb.
Close To The Heart’s Desire Of The
People
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Production of 350,000 domestic, wash
ing machines has been programmed for
the third quarter, although permission
to produce in excess of the program is
granted only to the extent that materials
are available without priorities assist
ance. Until the controlling order was re
cently amended, manufacturers of do
mestic washing machines, ironers and
driers had been prohibited since May,
1942. Ironers and driers are no longer
subject to the control of the order, but
since materials and components needed
for production of domestic laundry
equipment will be available in varying
quantities and at various times, it may
be some time before all are in balance.
Washers, ironers, and driers, are not ex
pected to be available to the general pub
lic, even on a limited basis, until late in
1945.
TUBCCS A CROWD l_
WASHINGTON
NEWS-LETTER
By MARY LEE COUNCIL
Secretary to L L (Bob) Bartlett.
Delegate to Congress from Alaska
DELEGATE BARTLETT PRO
TESTS PROPOSED WAGE
DIFFERENTIAL CHANGE
Believing that an unwarranted
discrimination is being launched
against Alaska residents. Delegate
Bartlett is doing all within his
power to fight a proposed execu
tive order which would eliminate
the 25% differential now paid to
Alaskans in the classified Federal
service hereafter hired in the Ter
ritory. Delegate J. R. Farrington of
Hawaii has joined in the fight.
The drafted executive order |
which is being circulated among
government departments for con
sideration follows closely the an
nouncement by the army and navy
that, effective July 1 the differen
tial would continue to be paid per
sonnel recruited in continental
United States for work in the ter
ritories and possessions but would
not be paid to personnel recruited
in those areas after July 1. If the
executive order were signed by
tHe President, all persons hired in
Alaska—and the other territories
—after the effective date of the
order for work in the Territory,
would be deprived of the differ
ential.
In a conference Mr. Farrington
and Mr. Bartlett held in Mr. Bart
lett’s office with army and navy
representatives, it was agreed by
those representatives that if the
executive order is not signed the,
army and navy will revert to the |
former procedure of paying a 25%
differential for all employees
working in the areas affected.
Shortly after tha conference,
Mr. Bartlett talked with George J.
Schoeneman, Administrative As- I
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sistant to the President, who stated
that no furher action would be
taken toward signing the executive
order until all interested agencies
and departments had a chance to
render opinions on the suitability
of the order.
Delegate Bartlett has presented ^
his views to all heads of agencies'
and departments having personnel
in Alaska asking their support in
opposing the order.
The order emoraces a clause
which also affects residents hired
in territories or island possessions
before the effective date of this
order. The Hause provides that
any resident hired prior to the
date of the order who is receiving
the 25% differential shall continue
to receive the differential until
such time as he receives a raise in
basic pay after June 30, 1945, (in
cluding basic pay scale revisions,
promotions and within-grade sal
ary advancements) the dollar rate
of differential payable on June
30, 1945, will be reduced by the
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rate of each increase but not be
low the employee’s statutory basic
rate received as of June 30, 1945.
ROADS COMMITTEE TO INVES
TIGATE ALASKA HIGHWAY
A subcommittee of the House
Roads Committee has been author
ized by Congress to make an in
vestigation of the Alaska Military
Highway and plans to leave for
Alaska the first of August.
This subcommittee will join the
House Territories Committee,
leaving Seattle August 1, and will
travel with that committee on
part of is itinerary. The Roads
members, headed by J. W. Robin
son of Utah, chairman, who is also
the second-ranking member of
the Territories Committee, will
also be in position to study the
needs of Alaska for a good high
way system. Thomas MacDonald,
Commissioner of Public Roads
Administration, will accompany
the Roads Committee.
VISITOR
Judge William A. Holzheimer of
Juneau visited with Delegate Bart
lett during a business trip to
Washington. Judge Holzheimer,
retired United States Attorney at
Juneau, was formerly Judge of the
Second Judicial Division at Nome.
Duke Of Windsor
Would Be Governor
General Of Canada
WASHINGTON, July 20—f/P)—
The Duke Windsor expects to
confer with his brother King
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George and the British Prime
Minister next month. The Duchess
of Windsor, the former Wailis
Warfield Simpson is goin to Eng
land with him.
The Duke would accept the job
as Governor General of Canada if
appointed, he said.