THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at
me P®st°ffice at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of
March 3, 1879.
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Friday, June 8, 1945
RUSSIAN LEND-LEASE
A number of conflicting statements
come from administrative offices regard
ing lend-lease agreements with other na
tions. Confusing answers come from the
question, “What about Lend-Lease to
Russia?”
Leo Crowley, Foreign Economic Ad
ministrator, made the statement last
year, that lend-lease aid would be con
fined the countries at war with Japan,
or to countries through which U. S.
troops would be deployed. In the state
ment he failed to mention Russia.
The State Department recently an
nounced, “In view of the military situa
tion it is proposed that lend-lease ship
ments to Russia will be reviewed and
continued where they are justified on
the basis of adequate information re
garding the essential nature of Soviet
military supply requirements and in the
light of competing demands,”
The fourth Russian Protocol govern
ing lend-lease expires June 30. This
seems to bring more confused answers
to queries on the subject of lend-lease to
Russia.
Some officials point out that there is
sufficient reason to continue lend-lease to
Russia, in the fact that the Russian Army
is making it necessary for the Japanese
to maintain an army of nearly a million
of the best Japanese troops on the Man
churian border. Perhaps this one item is
of enough benefit to the United States to
warrant the continuation of lend-lease to
Russia.
It is entirely possible that Russia will
enter the war against the Japanese.
LAURELS? HOOEY.
We say that half the struggle is over.
Our armies have won Victory in the
European sector, but they must cross the
world to the Pacific theatre to finish the
job. The war is not over for them.
Are they going to rest on their laurels?
No. We think not.
Alaska went “over the top” in other
War Loan Drives, but in this one, “The
Mighty 7th,” Alaska is far below quota,
in fact she is way down at the bottom of
the list of States and Territories.
Is Alaska going to rest on her laurels?
No. We think not.
Right now we have to gather all our
resources for the immediate task at hand,
our share in the oll-out drive against the
Japanese.
So, come on, dig a little deeper into
the old sock and save some soldier’s life
by assisting in bringing a speedy and
lasting peace. Laurels do not buy peace.
They are only the mark of achievement.
Get busy buy more War Bonds—and
more War Bonds. It won’t hurt you near
ly as much as 'it does that soldier if you
don’t buy them. Win your laurels—the
mark of a real and lasting peace’
Many alphabetical symbols
Are widely known today;
But the greatest collection of letters
Is still—the U. S. A.
A Congressional committee was meeting with
President Wilson, and, as you can well imagine,
many of the good Representatives were shaking
the walls with their loud, but unrational oratory.
The President listened patiently for a while, and
then related this story: “I am reminded of the old
colored man down in Virginia who was caught in
a violent thunderstorm while passing through a
dense forest. Although he .trembled at the horrify
ing peals of thunder, he was thankful for the occa
sional flashes of lightning which enabled him to see
his way. At last he prayed: ‘O Lawd, if it’s jes’ the
same to you, I’d rather hev a little less noise an’
a little more light’!”
Criticism can be avoided by saying nothing, and
being nothing.
fUN uiftfeTRODP CARRItRJ'
JROOP CARRIER OUTFITS do their shore of the fighting, but con take time
out to laugh. Copt. William T. Lent did these sketches which ap
peared in Air Force, official service journal of the. U. S. Army Air Forces^_
"'He calls it 'Point of . .
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• Merchandising.' “
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"Goth, I'll bet the CO will be glad to 9
know our supplies have arrived!"
"Oh, landing obstructions don't bother me much.
I used to drive a hack back in Brooklyn."
"7“hank God, wo'ro out of that flak I"
"The general got the idea from a circus act
he taw back in 1939."
LW
AP NtWlf—tWftt
VETERAN’S
GUIDE
(Business Action)
WHAT IS THE VETERAN'S
JOB RIGHT?
Selective Service says reemploy
ment may mean displacement of
war workers.
A controversy of long standing
between Selective Service and the
1 unions over reemployment rights of
l veterans has broken into the open
i just as the first impact of return
| ing veterans is felt,
j The dispute centers around Sec
tion 8 of the Selective Service Act,
passed in 1940, which states in
substance that a drafted man must
be restored to the same or com
parable job in private business.
Selective Service says the sec
tion means that a veteran “has an
absolute right to be restored to
his former position or a position
of like seniority, status and pay,”
| provided certain prescribed condi
| tions are met. Some labor unions
assert that such a position in ef
fect puts the veteran on a “waiting
i list” behind union men who have
greater seniority.
“If such person was in the em
i
ploy of a private employer, such
employer shall restore such person
to such position or to a position of
like seniority status and pay un
less the employer’s circumstances
have so changed as to make it im
possible or unreasonable to do so.”
Selective Service, in its current
bulletin to draft boards, poses
these questions which, while long,
go to the heart of the question:
“Does Section 8 give the veteran
the right to be restored to employ
ment—the actual performance of
work for pay—which he left in
i order to enter the armed forces,
regardless of his seniority position
in relation to non-veteran employ
ees in the same or similar jobs?
“or
“Is the veteran’s right under
the statute limited to restoration
of his name to a seniority roster
with the privilege of returning to
his job—the actual performance of
work for pay—when and if his
, number on the seniority roster is
| reached, as jobs become avail*
j able?”
Summing up their position,
draft officials contend that to say
a veteran has no greater rights
] than if he had never left his job
to perform military service “is to
; nullify the effect of the statute
and disregard its express terms.”
As Maj-Gen. Lewis B. Hershey
points out, however, “Congress
has provided that the federal
courts make the ultimate deci
sions as to the veterans’ reemploy
ments under the law.” Should
there be a number of court tests,
an employer might have to await
a final adjudication of the issue.
In the meantime, he might en
coun er serious difficulties with a
union which did not agree with
Selective Service’s opinion.
HOME ARTS CLUB
PLANT SALE SAT.
■
The Home Arts Club is havii
another of their Plant Sales at tl
N. C. Store Saturday, starting
i 10 o’clock in the morning. Tl
proceeds of the sale will all j
j toward the Playfield Fund and
; to be used in providing a supe
visor and graveling the playfiel
The project also helps tho
who d d not plant their see<
early to obtain plants ready f<
planting.
The Governor in a recent pro
; lamation urged everyone to aid ;
; much as possible by having litt
! victory gardens, so that the fot
situation may be relieved.
! Mrs. Thomas Morcom who
chairman for the sale informs i
that a wide variety of plants wi
, be available. Mrs. Robert Lor
, will be in charge of the sale. Tl
Girl Scouts will assist in gatherir
j of the plants from the many ind
1 viduals who have been growir
1 them for the occasion.
THE LARRY WILLIAMS
NOME HONEYMOONERS
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Willian
are in Nome on their honeymooi
Larry Williams is a well know
Alaskan, having resided in tfc
Territory for about thirty year
His wife, the former Eva Tomo
enivich of Anchorage and Mr
Marian Roach of New York Cit
are with him on a plane chartere
from the Peterson Flying Servic
of Anchorage. From Nome the
plan to fly to Barrow and the
over the North Pole. They wi
then return to California, whei
Mr. Williams has a ranch. M
Williams is a lumber man <
Hope, Alaska.
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Vegetables and flowers for sa!
at the Home Arts Plant Sale Sa
urday.
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