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March 3, 1879.
Wednesday, May 30, 1945
SOLDIER’S SOLILOQUY
(Found on the body of an Australian soldier)
“Ye that have faith to look with fearless eyes
Beyond the anguish of a world at strife,
And know that out of death and night shall rise
The dawn of ampler life:
Rejoice, whatever rend the heart,
That God has given you the priceless dower
To live in these great times and have your part
In Freedom’s crowning hour,
That ye may tell your sons who see the light
High in the heavens—their heritage to take—
I saw the powers of darkness take their flight;
I saw the morning break.”
EXCESS GOVERNMENT
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
The United States census bureau has
issued a report disclosing the amazing
fact that the American people, who have
aspired to be the least governed people
in the world, now have their lives and
property ruled by more than 155,000 sep
arate government bodies.
At the top of this vast structure, of
course, is the federal government with
its labyrinth of agencies, bureaus, de
partments, divisions and subdivisions.
Next are the 48 state governments
with their bewildering wilderness of reg
ulating bodies.
But in addition, as the census bureau
reports, there are 3,050 county govern
ing organizations.
There are 18,919 town or township
bodies.
Ther eare 16,220 municipalities.
There are 16,220 municipalities.
and 8,299 units operating to special dis
tricts.
Within the federal structure alone
there is a total civilian employment of
3,335,000 persons.
And within the almost equally vast
structure of state and local governing
units, there is employment of 3,168,000
persons.
Instead of being the least governed
people the American people are prob
ably the most governed people in the
world.
If they continue to be complacent they
will surely become the worst governed.
Government on this monumental scale
invites extravagance and recklessness,
corruption and incompetency.
Government on such a scale inevitably
becomes irresponsible and arrogant, in
creasingly ambitious to expand and en
hance its powers.
PACIFIC WAR COSTS
Expenditures for the continuation of
the Pacific War following the collapse of
Germany are to be carried on at a high
rate say military leaders.
While we already know the cost of the
war in Europe was terrific, we must
also realize that the War in the Pacific
will be even more costly. The distances
are much greater.
Double the number of ships will be
needed to carry supplies to the task
forces in the Pacific than were necessary
in the Atlantic. More of everything will
be needed in order to overwhelm the
enemy because of greatly scattered
forces.
And lest we forget, we will need
more battalion aid stations—more clear
ing stations—more evacuation hospitals
— more convalescent hospitals — more
hospital ships.
On this day, set aside for the remem
brance of our valorous dead, we should
consecrate our efforts more than ever
before, to the task of winning the peace.
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A UNIFIED COMMAND
AND CONGRESS
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(Second of Two Articles On A
Unified Military Command.)
By JACK STINNETT
WASHINGTON — Opposition to
a unified military command, with
a single overall chief of staff for
the Army, Navy and Air, will
come in Congress from those Mil
itary and Naval Affairs committee
members in both chambers who
will be afraid their seniority on
those committees will be jeopar
dized.
If we had a unified command, it
wouldn’t be reasonable to suppose
that the separate committees for
the Army and Navy would be con
inued. The alternative would be a
single committee on Military Af
fairs in each chamber with sub
committees for Army, Navy and
Air.
In the Senate, Sen. Robert R.
Reynold’s Military Affairs com
mittee has 18 members; and Sen.
David I. Walsh’s Naval Affairs
committee a like number—more
than a third, in all, of the entire
Senate. In the House, Rep. An
drew J. May’s Military Affairs
committee has 30 members; and
Rep. Carl Vinson’s Naval Affairs
committee 30. Here, then, are 96
members of Congress who visual
ize their committee assignments
being shaken up; and if the uni
fied committees retained the same
number of seats, half of them
would see their seniority on those
committees vanish.
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Other opposition in Congress
could conceivably come from ad
ministration supporters for a very
important reason.
It may be assumed that if the
Navy vigorously oposes upifica
I tion any time soon, the President
! will string along with his favorite
i
i branch of the armed services as
long as it doesnt jeopardize the
war effort.
In spite of all this, I found a
surprising number in the House
particularly who favor unifica
; tion. It has come out of the lessons
on this war, starting with Pearl
Harbor. The report of Associate
I Justice Owen J. Roberts that
j Army and Navy commanders in
j Hawaii hadn’t conferred for
months and showed no evidence
of cooperation.
Since that report, strict orders
I for the closest cooperation have
i been issued and for the most part
1 they have been obeyed.
The latest evidence of it came
behind the closed doors of the
House Appropriations committee
going over the Navy’s budget.
Specifically, it came out of the
| request of the Navy for $226,000,
i 000 principally for new and ex
I panded air training bases. It was
developed, principally by Rep.
Jarrre L. Wh;tten ‘Democrat of
Mi si:sippi> that these new and
j expanded fields were sought at
Commencement
Exercises At
School Thursday
The Commencement Program
for the 1945 graduating class of
the Nome High School will be held
Thursday evening, May 31, at 8
o’clock.
Prelude by Mrs. L. Dunbar.
Invocation by Rev. Lewis Hud
gins.
Welcome by Bernadette Ama
rok.
Valedictory by Paul McCarthy.
Solo “America The Beautiful”
by Pfc. William Foster.
Commencement Address by Mr.
C. C. Tanner.
Solo “Beautiful Dreamer” by
Catherine Oumauk.
Presentation of Eighth Grade
Graduates by Mr. W. L. Angell.
Introduction of Senior Class.
Presentation of Diplomas and
Awards by Mr. A. C. Steinwandel,
President Board of Education.
Musical Selection “Beautiful
Ohio” by Eighth Grade Chorus.
Benediction by Rev. Lewis Hud
gins.
Postlude by Mrs. L. Dunbar.
Walter U. Morris of
Noorvik, Promoted
AN ALEUTIAN BASE—Walter
U. Morris, son of Mrs. Josie Black
of Noorvik, Alaska, has recently
been promoted to technician fifth
grade. Cpl. Morris is a carpenter
with an Engineer unit and has
served in Alaska and the Aleu
tians for the past 33 months. He
was inducted into the Army at
Nome, in August 1942.
the same time the Army was
abandoning training fields all over
the country and that no effort of
the two services to get together
had been made.
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