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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the postoffice
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Nome, Alaska, Monday, December 10, 1951
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UNDER CIVIL SERVICE
(Christian Science Monitor)
The steadily unrolling picture of laxity and cor
ruption in office after office of the Internal Revenue
Bureau demands drastic correctives. The discharging
and prosecuting of officials proceeds apace. Secretary
Snyder has at last promised a thorough houseclean
ing and even welcomed public wrath as an agent of
reform. But something more is required.
It is not enough for the people to get angry. Their
ire must be put not merely behind demands for ex
posure but behind plans for reform. One obvious pos
sibility would be to place internal revenue collectors
under civil service. Too long have their posts been re
garded as political plums, leaving the collector free to
pursue other lucrative—and too often related—lines
of endeavor.
THE ANNUAL MAIL STRAIN
The Postoffice Department expects a greater
flood of Christmas mail this year than ever before in
history. Postal officials are frank to warn those mail
ing cards and packages that, if not mailed early, they
may not arrive at their destination before Christmas.
The Postoffice Department is handling more over
seas mail, to United States troops abroad, this year
than at any other time since the end of World War II.
Thus, the strain is a two-fold one, and offices in this
area would appreciate the cooperation of all in mail
ing gift packages and cards as early as possible.
Six B-36s Return From
African Air Bases
FORT WORTH, Tex., (/P)—Six
Strategic Air Command B - 36
bombers — the kind that could j
carry an atomic bomb 10,000
miles and more—landed at home
after a 4,984-mile non-stop hop to
Africa and the non-stop flight
back.
They landed in Africa at a new
American Air Force base, one of
several super-secret air fields
being built around the world for
global defense.
Crewmen shrugged off the act
ual flying as routine.
But they cou!dn‘t stop talking
about the food—for instance the
54 filet mignon steaks for one
18-man crew alone — on the re
turn flight.
Several crewmen stepped from
the planes wearing bright red
fezzes, characteristic headdress of
parts of north Africa.
INGLEWOOD, Calif., (/P) — “A
rose is a rose is a rose is a rose,”
according to novelist Gertrude
Stein, and that’s the way it seem
ed in Inglewood Superior Court
yesterday.
Agnes C. Rose won a divorce
from J. Frank Rose, and Eleanor
A. Rose was awarded $100 a
month temporary alimony from
Wallace Rose. And Edwin R. Rose
was divorced from Elizabeth Rose
who lives in Rosemead.
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Communication
Nome, Alaska
December 8, 1951
The Nome Nugget
Sirs:
I would greatly appreciate it if
you can see your way clear to
print the following letter to the
citizens of Nome:
As a firm believer in partisan
politics and its illustration of its
success in our own government
under a two party system, the
criticism (captious, to me) as to
the operations of both parties and
the men running them in directing
party procedure is uncalled for,
there must be organization.
I desire to call the attention of
each and every citizen in Nome to
the following: Both parties have
calls for meetings to arrange for
the selection of delegates to the
territorial conventions to select
delegates to the national conven
tions to be held this summer in
Chicago, at which time party plat
forms will be made and the choice
made of the parties candidates to
lead them in the campaign to be
elected to the high office of presi
dent, also to perfect in the terri
torial conventions party organiza
tions to carry out the party’s plan
of government.
If one is not willing to do his
patriotic duty and to take part in
the ground work in the selection
of a party candidate, there is
NO JUSTIFICATION for critic
ism, upon their part, of the candi
dates chosen. One who gets in
and works for the man of his
choice and loses may voice, UN
CHALLENGED, his criticism that
the poorer choice has been made.
As Alaskans, we have but one
chance to voice our choice as to
a presidential candidate, and this
is for our delegates to the terri
torial convention to instruct our
delegates to the national conven
tion as to our choice for president
under the party label. As good
citizens and loyal Americans, I
feel is the DUTY of each and ev
ery citizen to declare themselves
and to WORK in the party or
ganization in whose principles
they believe in and to do their
part to MAKE THE PARTY RE
FLECT THE MASS OPINION,
FEELINGS AND DESIRES. If
they DO NOT, CARPING CRIT
ICISM FROM THE SIDELINES
IS ONLY DESTRUCTIVE.
I earnestly hope that each and
every red-blooded American will
take part in one or the other of
these two meetings and INDI
CATE BY THEIR ACTIONS that
THEY DO BELIEVE IN the AM
ERICAN WAY OF LIFE and are
honestly striving to do their part
to make it WORK, ESPECI ALLY
SO as this time when such vicious
assaults are being made upon it
by VENAL MEN from without
and TRAITORS from within.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) Chrles D. Jones
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U.S. Asks Reduction
in Share of Costs of
Operating The U.N.
PARIS, (/P)—The United States
today asked the United Nations
for an immediate cut of her share
of U.N. costs—and ran into ve
hement opposition from the So
viet bloc.
U. S. delegate John M. Vorys
had suggested a reduction from
36.9 to 33.33 per cent, arguing
that no single country should be
asked to pay more than one third
of the costs for running the world
organization in normal times.
J. E. Chtcherbatyouk, of the
Soviet Ukraine, attacking the U.S.
proposal, said the U.S. contribu
tion “should not be reduced but
on the contrary considerably in
creased.”
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