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Wednesday, April 10, 1946
THE BLINDFOLDED CHRIST
Luke 22:64
The guilt of making Christ suffer is not to be placed
upon the people of His time only. We also are to blame.
“Scarcely for a righteous man would one die.” In the
betrayer’s kiss our sin was manifest. Our guilty hands
scourged and beat Him. Our hate spit upon Him. The
anger of conscience seared by sin pressed the crown of
thorns down heavily upon His head. Our contempt for
righteousness drove rough iron through His hands.
Then too, have we blindfolded our Blessed Savior’s
face? “And your iniquities have separated between you
and your God." The reason men today are afraid to face
Christ and His truth is because of sin. Many attempts
are being made to hide from the face of God. What use
lessness! And what cowards! Afraid to let the piercing
eyes of Jesus search out the wickedness that holds sway.
“Men love darkness rather than light because their
deeds were evil." Take away the blindfold of unbelief
and doubt and let Jesus look into the windows of our
souls.
Turn your eyes upon Jesus
Look full in His wonderful face
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim
In the light of His glory and grace.
Rev. R. Roald Amundsen
ONE MAN S OPINION
(By Walter Kiernan)
UNO HALL—(Exclusive)—Now it can be told! . . .
As soon as Gromkyo began speaking Russian I wired
the news desk: “This is it!” . . . They wired back: “This
is what?” In a terse message filled with tinner meaning
I flashed the reply: “This is Russian he’s speaking!” . . .
Then I sat up all night waiting for Winchell and Pear
son to confirm it — I dort’t want to go back to the gro
cery business. . . . But my interview with Gromyko will
go down in journalistic history. Approaching him as he
left the council chamber, I said: “Mr. Gromyko ...” He
said, “I deny everything.” ... It wasn’t much, but little
as it was, I whipped twenty thousand words out of it
which soon will appear under the title “Gromkyo . . .
As I Knew Him.” ... or ... “Just Plain Andrei.” . . . The
council is in recess now —The boys decided to wait un
til April Fools’ day was safely past.
WHAT DOES RUSSIA WANT.
(New York Times)
The world has been startled by reports of additional
Russian troop movements in Iran in violation of treaty
obligations. These reports are still indefinite, but they
are substantial enough to prompt our Government to
send an urgent inquiry to Moscow concerning their ac
curacy and the purpose of such movements if they ane
taking place.
The reports come at a moment when all of the official
Russian agencies of information and opinion are en
gaged in a propaganda campaign picturing Russia as
being encircled by a hostile and war-breeding “monop
oly capitalism.” This campaign is now reaching an ap
parent climax in strong protestations that Russia will
not yield to anyone or anything, but will continue on
her way without turning aside. Yet the sole argument
that runs through the whole propaganda is that Russia
must have security, that she must “secure all her fron
tiers,” and that the only purpose is defense against at
tack.
The rest of the world can well sympathize with the
desire for security by a country which has been in
vaded twice within a generation. But the Russian in
ternretation of this desire raises inevitable questions.
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In the name of security Russia has already annexed dur
ing the recent war the following countries and terri
tories:
Square
Miles Population
Lithuania . 24,058 3,029,000
Latvia . 20,056 1,950,000
Estonia . 18,353 1,120,000
Eastern Poland . 68,290 10,150,000
Bessarabia and Bukovina. 19,360 3,748,000
Moldavia . 13,124 2,200,000
Carpatho-Ukraine . 4,922 800,000
East Prussia. 3,500 800,000
Karelo-Finland . 16,173 470,000
Petsamo, Finland . 4,087 4,000
Tannu Tuva, Central Asia. 64,000 65,000
Southern Sakahalin . 14,075 415,000
Kurile Islands . 3,949 4,500
Total .273,947 24,355,500
In the name of security Russia has likewise obtained
naval bases on the Porkkala Peninsula in Finland and
at Port Arthur in China, together with joint ownership
and operation of the Manchurian trunk railway lines.
In short, in a war fought under the banner of “no ag
grandizement, territorial or other,” Russia has already
acquired territories equal to the larger part of the east
ern United States. Yet all Russian pronouncements
make it evident this is not enough, and new demands
are being made through Russian diplomatic channels
and through the press for additional territories. The
world is justified in asking: “Where does the search for
security end and where does expansion begin?
NEWS LETTER
By MARY LEE COUNCIL
Secretary to E. L. (Bob) Bartlett. Delegate to Congress from Alaska
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KATMAI NATIONAL
MONUMENT
A proposal to allow commercial I
fishing and taking of clams in the
Katmai National Monument has
been advanced by Delegate Bart- j
lett to the National Park Service!
upon representations made from
Alaska.
The government has done very
little with Katmai National Mon
ument since its creation, and it
seems to me clear and beyond
question that at this moment in
i history when we are straining all
our energies to get food across to
the starving peoples of Europe
and Asia, no academic reasons
ought to be allowed to stand in
the way of measures to increase
our food supply.”
FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY
GRANT TO ANCHORAGE
A grant of $30,375 will be made
to Anchorage for blueprinting
power and heat facilities, accord
ing to information given Delegate
Bartlett by the Federal Works
Agency.
The facilities include a steam
electric power plant, transmission
lines and a steam heat distri
tion system which the city est
ates will cost $1,537,185. The gr
is made under the plan prepa
tion program of the Federal Wo
Agency for municipalities ant
pating construction of put
works.
FEDERAL PAY i>ILL
All employees in the classif,
Civil Service are in line to reeei
an annual salary increase, eft
*’ve July 1, of $400 under pro
sions of the federal pay bill
passed by the House on April
The bill as reported out of co
mittee provided an overall It
percent increase in the compeni
tion of federal employees with
ceiling. The flat $400 incre;
amendment adopted by the Hou
proposed by Congressman Lyle
Texas, sets a ceiling of $10,000
Classification Act salaries. T
committee version would have
lowed raises above the $ 10,0
ceiling. The House, in voti
against the 18M» percent increa
also took action against the pi
posal of Congressman Kees
Kansas to allow an average i
crease of 15*^ percent on a sli
ing scale formula which wot;
have given employees 45% on t
first $1200 of their June 30, 19*
salaries, and 18'» additional
everything between $1200 ai
$4600.
It is estimated 980,000 fedei
and Disrtict of Columbia empio
ees will benefit under this b
with an estimated cost under j
present version of $388,000,000
year.
The bill, as it passed the Houj
is a more liberal version on pre
ent basic salaries under $43!
Than the bill passed in Decemb
by the Senate. The Senate mea
ure would give an increase of '
percent, based on a sliding scaj
to Tcder: 1 workers. The bill no
goes to conference between tl
Senate and House, and it is diff
cult at this time to prdeict tf
final version which will come o\
of conference.
SALARY INCREASE FOR
POST OFFICE EMPLOYEES
With only one dissenting vofc
the House passed the bill increa:
ing the annual compensation c
postmasters, officials and emploj
ees in the postal service. Th
measure has been sent to the Sen
«»te for action.
An annual increase of $400,
troactive to January 1, 1946, wa
voted for postmasters <excep
fourth class postmasters), official
and employees of the Post Offic
Department. The bill provides i
20 percent raise for fourth cl#
postmasters on their basic annua
compensation and gives hourly o
part-time employees an incrcas<
of 20 cents an hour.
VISITORS
Fred Machetanz, well-known ir
Alaska for his children’s books or
the Territory, called on Delegate
Bartlett while in Washington. Mr
Machetanz, nephew of Charles
Traeger of Unalakleet, plans to gc
to Alaska in July on a photog
raphy trip throughout the Terri
tory.
Frances L. Meals of Valdez was
a visiter in Delegate Bartlett's of
Cce during a vacation trio to the
capital. Miss Ivieals, formerly li
brarian at the University of Alas
ka, is now bbrarian at Colby Jun
ior College in New London, N*v
Hampshire.
Sam Styles of Juneau was a re
1 cent Washington visitor. Mr.
Styles is advertising director for
Alaska Life magazine.