THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the postoffice
At Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Nome, Alaska, Wednesday, January 17, 1951
BLAMING BABY
' (By Dr. Alfred P. Haake, Mayor of Park Ridge, 111.)
A popular pastime of inept government is to blame its
mistakes on the people themselves, like a parent who
excuses his own mistakes by blaming the baby. An ex
ample is the recently published statement of the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York which, in effect, blames ex
cessive spending by citizens rather than deficit-financ
ing by government for our post-war inflation.
Were that true, the way to stop inflation would be for
people to stop buying. Then the government could con
tinue its political spending and mounting deficits with
out fear of causing inflation. Carrying that reasoning to
the ultimate, we would have the least inflation and. the
greatest prosperity when peopel stopped buying entire
ly and the government financed itself entirely by defi
cits.
That is nonsense, but the kind of nonsense that can
grow out of double-talk which blames inflation on the
buying of Joe Doakes and family instead of on a govern
ment which refuses to operate in a businesslike manner
even in this period of greatest economic activity.
Spending by citizens can have something to do with
higher prices, due to the natural action of the law of sup
ply and demand. But the same forces which enable peo
ple to buy more could, if properly directed, result in
greater supply and actually lower prices. If there were
more savings, more and still better tools, more efficient
labor and lower costs; if the government took less taxes
out of the pockets of every citizen, the supply of goods
and their lowering cost would satisfy the demands for
them without raising prices.
Why should people not be temperate in their buying?
The answer is in the government itself.
WHO CAN DEFEND THEM?
-Because of the threat to the “entire free world,” the
United States has proposed an emergency meeting of
the twenty-one American Republics.
While no agenda has been prepared for such a confer
ence, the general expectation is that the meeting will
consider plans to tighten the defenses in this hemi
sphere from aggression. While only the United States
and Canada are in a position to make major contribu
tions to such a common defense, the hope is, we pre
sume, that there will develop in the other nations a pro
MAN OF DECISION
Civilians Feast On
Food Army Dumps;
Taxpayers Foot Bill
C(/P) Special Washington Service)
WASHINGTON, (/P)—The army
said a quantity of food was dump
ed last iMay off the port of Whit
tier, Alaska, because it was “un
fit for human consumption.”
Senator Dworshak (R.-Idaho),
today made public a letter of ex
planation from Maj. Gen. Miles
Reber.
Some of the cases washed back
; on the Whittier beach with the
! tide and Mrs. J. F. Bruins of
i *
Boise, who asked the Senator to
investigate, said “civilians feasted
on boned chicken, turkey, ham,
lobster and blackberry jam.”
Mrs. Bruins asked Dworshak to
| find out if this was a waste of tax
payers’ money.
Reber said in his reply that the
food appeared damaged when it
arrived at Davis Air Base.
Cereals and cereal products, he
said, were rancid, caked and dam
aged. while canned foods were
found unfit because of broken
y
containers and contamina t i o n
i from seepage around caps and
covers.
“The decision to destroy the
food,” Reber said, “was made in
i the light of protection to the
health of the troops and their de
! pendents, as well as in the interest
erf the American taxpayer.”
CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
The Chamber of Commerce met
Tuesday noon at the Polaris Grill
for its regular luncheon with Arvo
Saario presiding.
The resignation of George Bea
com was read and his report read
and filed. Secretary Polet was in
structed to write Mr. Beacom and
express appreciation of the Cham
ber and the people of Nome for
his faithful and untiring services
during his term of office and for
i his co-operative efforts and time
spent at meetings, in discussion
and the carrying out of the busi
| ness of the Chamber.
His report as treasurer showed
a slim balance of $71.71.
• Dick Cornwell was appointed to
fill the vacancy.
The membership commi 11 e e
composed of Gordon Osborne, Paul
j Mandeville, and James Walsh
1 were instructed to get under way
with the annual membership
drive.
A nominating committee was
appointed as follows: Ted Duf
field, Dewey Goodrich and Don
Hurlbert.
The Legislative committee re
ported additions to their report
and the complete report was or
dered printed for distribution to
our legislators and other interest
ed parties. The complete report
will also be published in the Nug
get.
The results of the practice sig
nals for Civilian Defense alarms,
which was demonstrated yester
day, will not be announced until
after a full report is made this
evening at the defense meeting,
according to H. F. Harper, direc
tor. It is known, however, that
some parts of town did not hear
the sirens.
Meat Loaf Goes To A Party
CRAM-HAM LOAF ... Company Special
(By Cecily Brownstone—Associated Press Food Editor
a___
If you’re looking for a meat loaf
recipe good enough for company
dinner or party buffet here’s one I
can recommend. Tried recently in
my own kitchen all the taste-test
ers gave it their heartiest approv
al. I didn’t bother to grease the
heat-resistant oven-glass baking
dish I used for this loaf—and it
unmolded beautifully. The crust
of this loaf is an appetizing pink
| ish color and with ruby-red fresh
! cranberry sauce down its center it
looks and tastes extra-special.
Serve small candied sweet pota
toes around it if you like; or
choose greenpeas, as I did, to sur
! round this elegant loaf. By the
j way, when I use quick-frozen peas
I usually cook them with less wa
ter than the recipe on the package
calls for. I recommend Vz cup
i boiling water to a 12-ounce pack
age. Be sure to save the vegetable
liquid to use in gravy or soup.
A tossed green salad with a
sharp French dressing is excellent
to serve with this loaf, too. Bring
the salad on as a separate course.
Hot crusty garlic bread is another
fine addition. This Cran-Ham loaf
slices beautifully and is wonderful
“fork food” for a buffet supper
party. Set on an old-fashioned
blue platter this combination was
both good enough to eat and to
photograph! Here’s the reoipe.
Cran-Ham Loaf
Ingredients — 2 cups ground
cooked ham (leftover), 1 pound (2
cups firmly packed) ground raw
veal, 1 cup corn flakes (or 1 one
ounce package), 2 eggs, 1 small
. onion (finely grated) 1 tablespoon
I chopped parsley or celery leaves,
sale and pepper to taste, 2 cups
cranberry sauce.
Method—Combine mea t, crumbs,
eggs and seasonings. Mix well.
Add Vz cup juice drained from
cranberry sauce and blend thor
oughly. Pack mixture in greased
loaf pan and bake in moderate,
375-degree oven about 1 hour,
j Turn out on serving platter and
spoon over hot cranberry sauce.
Makes approximately 6 servings.
Serve with tiny boiled carrots and
sauteed apple slices if desired. Al
low to stand 5 minutes or so be
fore turning out.
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ALASKA HOUSING AUTHORITY
MEETING IN JUNEAU
The Board of Commissioners of
j the Alaska Housing Authority are
holding their quarterly meeting in
Juneau, starting January 15, 1951.
The Board is expected to 'be in
session several days, it was an
nounced by E. Glen Wilder, exec
utive director of the Alaska Hous
ing Authority. At this meeting
plans will be laid for the coming
building season which will include
a broad program of financial aids
to home builders in many com
munities of the Territory. There
will also be considered plans for
the direct construction of housing
projects in several communities,
Wilder said. The Board is conven
ing at this time to also study legis
lative requirements of the hous
ing program for submission to the
Territorial Legislature.
Members of the Board are Fath
er Paul CCononr of Hooper Bay,
chairman; Mayor Z. J. Loussac of
Anchorage, vice-chairman; com
missioner Louise W. Miller of
Ketchikan, Commission e r Jake
Cropley of Juneau, and Commis
sioner Harold A. Byrd of Flat.
New York State was named by
Charles II,' of England, for his
brother, thaDuke of York, in 1664.
!
i gram that will lead them, eventually, to a position
| where they can make some contribution toward the
common security.
Sen. Byrd Will Try
To Cut Truman
Budget, Tax Plan
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ues in the fiscal year starting July
1. Top Republicans assailed the
budget as a “spending-as-usual”
plan for “the same old, tired So
cialist program.”
They promised to crack down
generally on non-defense spend
ing. That is a pledge which Con
gress members of both parties nor
| mally voice every January, but it
| is not always fulfilled.
Mr. Truman has presented five
budgets to Congress, other than
I the one submitted Monday. Twice
l actual spending has been less than
he proposed. Twice it has exceed
ed his estimates.
Prospects are that the current
[year’s spending, spurred by the
! Korean war, will exceed the bud
i get by more than six billion.
Ending a short-lived surface re
conciliation following Mr. Tru
man’s “Dear Harry” letter to Sen.
Byrd, the Virginia Senator declar
ed in a statement:
“In my experience of 18 years,
considering the perils that con
front our nation, this (budget)
message represents the very height
of fiscal irresponsibility. . . ^The
President renews his advocacy of
the Socilaistic measures know as
the ‘Fair Deal*.”