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, Friday, October 7, 1949
DISSIPATING U. S. RESOURCES
“There are definite limits to the American resources
which we can safely invest in foreign aid,” declares Sen
ator Arthur H. Vandenberg, in an appeal to the Western
European nations to develop greater self-sufficiency
and greater cooperation among themselves.
Mr. Vandenberg stressed the importance of our;
“weakened strength" as an asset common to all the
Western democracies but also pointed out that indefin
ite dissipation of American resources would not be in
the interest of the other democracies, or our own.
While Mr. Vandenberg did not give figures on the ex
cess of exports from this country over imports irom
other countries, he plainly had these figures in mind.
For a number of years, the United States has been ship
ping valuable material resources to other countries
without receiving, in return, offsetting resources from
other countries. If this process keeps up long enough, l
the United States will inevitably exhaust its resources.
It would be better for the United States, in exchange
for its material resources, to get something tangible
from other countries. The fact that they owe us the bal
ance and will pay it if they can is not enough. No nation
can build anything, in peace or in war, on the unpaid
balances of its friends. Material resources are the back
bone of the economic power of any country and econo
mis power is the backbone of military strength.
THE “DISABLED VETERANS RACKET”
Harry D. Mitchell, chairman of the U. S. Civil Serv
ice Commidssion, is hot and bothered about the defini
tion of a “disabled veteran,” which gives to a man extra
points in connection with civil service examinations.
Mr. Mitchell does not object to the extra points going
to a veteran, injured in the war, but he is not so enthus
iastic over the “disabled” rating that goes to a man be
cause of a “service-connected” disability, which may
be nothing more than “flatfoot.”
As everybody knows, after the first World War, and,
presumably, after the second, many veterans got into
service only to be discharged later because of some phy
sical disability, not connected with injuries received in
the service. These individuals have been rated as “dis
abled,” and given the same preference that Congress in
tended to grant to those who were injured in action.
What Mr. Mitchell objects to, and what every citizen
should object to, is seen in this example cited by him. A
man was certified by his draft board of physically able
and inducted into the first World War. Three weeks
later, he was discharged because of bad feet. The as
sumption wa sthat his short army career flattened his
arches and the veteran got the official label, “disabled.”
As a result of this “disability,” the flat-footed veter
an, in connection with civil service ratings, goes to the
head of the job-eligibility roster above a combat soldier
with a higher examination rating who may have been
wounded in action but was never “disabled.”
A TRIAL BECOMES A FARCE
The trial of eleven members of the national board of
the Communist party in this country has lasted for
twenty-nine weeks and is not yet concluded. It is diffi
cult to imagine any case that requires this much time.
The tactics of the defendants and their attorneys have
been almost without precedent in American courts. The
judge has been practically ignored by attorneys, there
have been loud comments before the jury by the de
fendants and their counsel and frequent protests and
denunciations of the jurist.
Judge Harold R. Medina has exhibited rare patience
under great provocation. The same can be said, we pre
sume, for the jurors. All of which lends support to the
belief that the defendants have been given more than
New Canadian
Highway Rapidly
Nears Completion
VICTORIA. B. C. (/P)—‘The John
Hart Highway, which will cut off
500 highway miles between Seat
tle and Fairbanks, Alaska, is rap
idly reaching completion and is
traversible except for 24 miles,
province officials said today.
When completed next summer,
it will obviate the long detour via
Edmonton for trucks running be- i
tween Seattle and Alaska. It will
provide an alternate shorter route
via Vancouver, Chilliwack. Clin
ton, Williams Lake and Prince
George to Dawson Creek on the
Alaska Military Highway.
The John Hart Highway, named
alter ex-Premier John Hart, runs 1
from Prince George north through
Summit Lake up the Rocky Moun
tain Trench to Fort McLeod, and
east through Pine Pass to Dawson
Creek. Between Prince George
and Vancouver trucks and private
automobiles would use the Cariboo
Highway which also is being wide
ly improved.
Engineers report that the high
way has been completed 57 miles
west of Dawson Creek, and from
Prince George to Summit Lake.
From Milepost 68 to 94 it is still
under construction, and will be ,
completed by December 31.
The only section of the highway j
not yet underconstruction lies be
tween milepost 44 and 68.
The road is a 30-foot gravel
highway suitable for heavy truck
ing but necessarily at moderate
speeds. It will save at least two
full days fdr Seattle trucks mov
ing to and from Alaska’s interior.
At the moment the provincially
owned Pacific Great Eastern Rail
way holds an exclusive franchise
for trucking and passenger-carry- 1
ing by bus over the highway when
completed. Whether this will pre
vent American truckers from us
ing it without transshipping has
not yet been determined.
Trial Examiner
Rules Juneau
ILWU Unfair
WASHINGTON, </P)— An NLRB
trial examiner held yesterday
that Harry Bridges’ CIO long
shoremen’s union was guilty of 3n
unfair labor practice for defying
a national labor relations board
order.
The board had directed the un
ion to stop picketing th ? Juneau
Spruce Corporation, at Juneau,
Alaska, in a jurisdictional dispute
with the ClO-woodworkers union.
But the picketing continued, ex
aminer William R. Ringer found,
and he said that was an unfair la
bor practice under the Taft-Hart
ley act. General counsel Robert N.
Denham of the NLRB obtained an
injunction against the B' idges’
union to stop the picketing, last
May 14.
The two unions were contesting
the assignment of longshore work
by he Juneau corporation. The
NLRB ruled last April 1 that the
woodworkers union was entitled
to the Kvork.
The unfair labor practice which
Ringer said Bridges’ group com
mitted arose from two sections of
the Tuft-Hartley act. One specifi
cally makes a jurisdictional dis
pute an unfair labor practice and
the other forbids a -union from
“causing or attempting to cause”
an employer to discrim inate
against employees on the basis of
their union membership or lack of
it, Ringer said.
The examiner’s ruling becomes
a board order unless contested
within 20 days.
Rev. A. L. Zumwalt of the Sev
enth Day Adventist Church of
Juneau, accompanied and piloted
by Rev. A. Smith of the church in
Dillingham, are visiting in Nome
with their local pastor Rev. Mar
vin Troutman, after which they
will visit in Shishmaref and Sela
wick before returning south.
an opportunity to present their defense.
It is about time to end such a farce. We note that
Judge Medina is becoming tired of the obstructionist
tactics of attorneys defending the accused. We suspect
that when the trial is over he will send some of them to
jail for contempt of court. Nevertheless, it is absurd to
permit the trial to run for more than seven months and
to clutter up the record with all the argumentative junk
that has been presented as evidence by the accused and
their attorneys.
MAKE IT GOOD
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BRITISH
SOCIALIST
REGIME
CHURCHES
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Masses:
8:00 a.m.
11:15 a.m.
10:00 a.m.—M. A. F. B. Chapel
LAVINIA WALLACE YOUNG
MISSION
Pastors—Rev. Theron McGrew
Rev. Paul B. F. Carlso
Rev. Robt. Treat. Methodist paste
jSunday—
10:00 a.m. Eskimo Speakin
Service.
11:00 a.m. Sunday School.
7:30 p.m. Evening Service.
Wednesday—
2:00 p.m. Children’s Mirac
Book Club.
Thursday—
7:30 p.m. Mid-week Service.
THE METHODIST CHURCH
(FEDERATED)
Rev. Robert Treat, Minister
50th ANNIVERSARY SUNDAY
, Sunday—
9:45—Sunday School.
11:00—Morning Worship. Sen:
Chair and Message by Dr.
Gordon Gould, director Met
odist Work in Alaska.
7:30—Evening Service. Juni
Choir and Message by Dr. Ft
Pedersen, Church Extension, t
Methodist Church.
Wednesday—
7:00 Senior Choir Practice.
Friday—8:00 p.m.
Teachers’ Training Class.
ASSEMBLY OF GOD
PENTECOSTAL
Third Avenue West
Miss H. E. Brown
Missionary in Charge
; Sunday—
Sunday School .10:00 a.
Adult Bible Class.11:00 a,
Evening Service .7:30 p
Tuesday—
Young Peoples Meeting 4:00p
Wednesday—
Bible Study 7:30 p
Friday—
Bible Study and
Prayer Meeting .7:00 \
EVERYONE WELCOME
CHURCH OF THE NAZARE1
Third and Division
Pastor—Lewis I. Hudgins
“Every castle on earth was c
a castle in the air.”
10:00 a.m. Singspiration and S
day School classes.
11:00 a.m. Morning Message.
7:00 p.m. Young People’s Meel
7:30 p.m. Singspiration andsp*
music.
8:00 p.m. Evening Message.
Wednesday: 7:30 p.m. Melody
Prayer.
Come and bring your Bible.
You are ever welcome to at
these services.
NOME GOSPEL MISSIO*
of
Alaska Evangelisation Socic
Rev. Yern Rimling. Pastoi
Sunday—
2:00 p.m. Sunday School
boys and girls.
Preaching service in the Es
language by James Savok.
i 7:30 p.m. Gospel Service.
Tuesday—
7:30 p.m. Bible Study—t:
lated into the Eskimo lan#
Thursday—
2:00 to 4:00 pjn. K.Y.B Clu
boys and girls.
Friday—
7:30 pan. Prayer, Praise
Testimony.
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coats serving three purposes:
tective, vascular and sensor>