THE NOME NUGGET
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__ Nome, Alaska, Wednesday, October 13, 1948
N.W.A. FAIR IS SUCCESS
As the tenth annual Fair becomes history and filed
away in the archives, let’s take time to give recognition
to the members of the Board of Directors of that organ
ization for not only did they all work tirelessly to pre
sent exhibits, but went a step farther this year and
brought in talent for entertainment which was an edu
cation as well as a listening pleasure.
A Fair can only be achieved through the co-operation
of many people as it involves an infinite amount of de-i
tail to present and is of great importance to the district
as a way of showing progress and development.
Although it was a busy time of year the superintend
ents and other workers did a fine job.
This year news of our Fair went farther than it ever
had in the past, bringing in a mouth-watering exhibit
from Matanuska, fine quality moose hides from Mc
Grath, and walrus skulls with tusks attached from Oio
mede Island, and a fine display of vegetables from Una
lakleet.
The whole-hearted appreciation of the community:
goes to the 752nd Air Force Band for the voluntary of-1
fer and generous rendition of fine music. .
Also to the charming young artist Margaret Renfrew
who not only gave her organ concert as scheduled but
generously gave the school children a concert of their
own. j
Let’s all take time to express appreciation to the Board;
who made the five-day event possible. They are C. D. j
Jones, Antonio Polet, Ruth Mercer, Elmo Miller, Mrs.
Ole Hay, James Walsh, Sam Mogg, and C. D. Anderson,
who was both a Board member and manager of this
year’s Fair.
Many people viewed the exhibit from Matanuska and
remarked on the beautiful yellow turnips which were
included. These turnips have an interesting history.
Many years ago the Alaska College (not the Univers
ity of Alaska) Experimental Station, sent out varieties
of foany kinds of vegetable seed for interested parties to
plant. Among the seeds selected was a Russian seed,
called the Petrosky turnip, which was found to thrive
and grow in adbundance throughout the Territory. It
became so popular that it was about the only seed used
until the war when the supply from Russia stopped.
The Alaska Development Board, recognizing its value
combed the United States for all available seed and were
able to locate less than five pounds, it is reported. This
was turned over to Matanuska farmers to plant for seed
only until a supply could be established. This has been
done and now a limited amount of the seed is again
available.
MORAL RE-ARMAMENT FORCE VISITS GERMANY
(New World News Service)
A Moral R-Armament force of 250 people drawn from
15 nations went to Germany last week at the invitation
of the Cabinets of North Rhine-Westphalia (Ruhr) and
Wurrtemberg-Baden and the Minister-President and
other leaders of Bavaria. They will visit Munich, Stutt
gard, Frankfurt, Dusseldorf and Essen and present the
ideological revue, “The Good Road.” The visit is being
made with the approval of American and British mili
tary authorities.
An unanimous invitation from the Cabinet of North
Rhirre-rWestphalia asked the MRA force “to spread the
message and spirit of Caux in our land and thereby give
our nation new hope and strength.” This was signed by
Minister-President Karl Arnold of Dusesldorf.
At the concluding sessions of the MRA World Assem
bly at Caux-Sur-Montreux, Switzerland, the week be
fore, it was announced that over 4200 delegates from 50
natlcnr had taken part in the Assembly during the sum
WHAT'S TRUMPS T
mer. Among them have been five Prime Ministers, 51
Ministers of Cabinet rank and 136 Members of Parlia
ment. There have been more than 100 miners’ officials
and their wives from Britain, the Ruhr, France, Bel
gium and Holland.
The German delegation of 500, the largest to attend
any international conference since the war, has includ
ed 32 Ministers of Cabinet rank, 32 senior editors, as
well as trade union and miners’ repreesntatives in the
Ruhr and other parts of Germany.
M. Jules Catoire, Secretary of State for Health, and
M. Eugene Claudius-Petit, Minister of Reconstruction
in the French Cabinet, left for Paris after telling the
delegates they would take action to bring the ideologi
cal revue, “The Good Road,” and spread the program of
Moral Re-Armament in France as soon as possible.
CAPTAIN EDDIE’S WARNING
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker says only 127 of the
2200 planes the Air Force is buying are transports. Our
transport planes, he says, couldn’t begin t*> meet our
needs in another war.
His point is well taken. The Berlin air lift has em
phasized the necessity of maintaiing an adequate cargo
fleet. To supply Berlin, we have had to suspend much
transcontinental air traffic and call in planes from Alas
ka and the Caribbean.
Captain Eddie says the military air transport service
has only 537 operating transports today. During the
war we have 15,600.
Fighters and bombers are essential. And so are trans
ports. Air power, like sea power, must be based on more
than bombers and carriers, fighter planes and subma
rines. There must be supply ships. Without them, no
war can be fought sucessfully. Captain Rickenbacker
—and air power has no more loyal friends—has ren
dered a real service with his warning:
“Without learge air cargo power to step in at once,
this country will slump into a transport paralysis. If we
lack the planes to do the job, our productive capacity
will soon shrivel up and die.
We trust those who spend the billions Congress appro
priated for air power will heed his friendly counsel.
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THE CASE OF THE COMMUNISTS
The Communist Party has announced a campaign for
250,000 signatures on petitions asking President Tru
man to direct dismissal of the New York grand jury in
dictments against 12 members of the party’s national
executive board. The 12 Communist leaders are charged
with a criminal conspiracy to overthrow the govern
ment. The question at issue is whether the Communist
Party is a legal institution under existing law or an en
emy fifth column operating behind the mask of a politi
cal label.
That they do not want to stand trial is not surprising
but it isn’t a factor which shou^ carry any we:^ht.
It’s Time For
An Answer
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(By Barnoi Nover)
The fighting address on the
Communist issue which President
Truman delivered in Oklahoma
City was by all odds the ablest
and most effective speech he has
made so far in his campaign for
re-election.
In it Truman took the war to the
enemy on grounds of the enemy’s
own choosing. The Communist
problem is serious enough with
out being made a political football,
with demagogic appeals to fear
replacing a sober discussion of the
facts.
The temptation to resort to dem
agogy on this issue has proved too
strong for many Republican
spokesmen and even the G.O.P.
Presidential candidate himself.
Now President Truman has re
plied in kind to the charges
launched against him and his ad
ministration and in doing so has
turned the tables on his opponent.
In his speech in the Hollywood
Bowl, Governor Dewey said much
that cannot be said too often on
the subject of Communism as a
world menace.
As during his primary cam
paign in Oregon, the governor took
the enlightened position that while
we could not afford to ignore the
Communists neither must we out
law them.
“If we ignore them we give the
cloak of immunity they want,” he
said. ‘‘If we outlaw them we give 1
them the martyrdom they want
even more.”
Dewey did not limit himself to
such observations, however. The
temptation to capitalise the hulla
baloo stirred up by the Thomas
un-American activities committee
to tar the present administration
directly and by innuendo with the
Communist brush proved too great
for Dewey to resist.
At Los Angeles he accused the
administration of having encour- 4
aged, not hindered, the Communist
advance. He asserted that it had
perm i ted ‘‘Communists and fel
low travelers to rise to positions of
trust in our government,” of giv
ing them ‘‘every consideration
and protection.” And he . charged
President Truman twhor.i he did
not name) of having, with his “red
herring” statement, given “aidf
and comfort 'o the the enemies of
our system.”
These charges and otners made
even more vehemently by lesser
Republican spokesmen were effec
tively demolished by President
Truman in his Oklahoma City
speech.
As he pointed out, government
employees have since 1939 been
required to swear under oath that
they are not Communists. Presi
dent Truman did not cite this fact
as proof that there have been no
Communists in the government
during the past nine years. As he
said: “We all know that Commun
ists are trained to lie."
To plug the gap a further sys- i
tern of screening was established
in 1947 in the form -of the em
ployee loyalty program which in
volved an individual check of all
government workers.
President Truman was revealing
nothing new when he said that the
check showed that the loyalty of
99.7 per ent of all federal workers
was not even questionable. Yet the
impression which some GOP
spokesmen have sought to leave is
that the government has been and
still is shot through with Com
I munists.
| President Truman has now
I made a number of serious charges