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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, February 16, -949
WE MUST ANSWER COMMUNISM?
(New World News Service)
Recently, powerful American business groups have
launched a nation-wide campaign to advertise the ad
vantages of free enterprise over Communism. “We have
the highest standard of living in the world, higher
wages, shorter hours, lower prices,” run the slogans.
This is all true and to our credit, but Communism does
not challenge the fact that we have doubled production
since 1910 or have cut 18 hours from our average work
week. Instead the communists exploit the inequalities
that remain in our system. Wealth can demoralize just
as poverty embitters. Inequalities can breed mistrust
and division at any income level. Rpd tactics might work
just as successfully if our standard of living were ten
times as high as it is. Inequalities might be ten times as
great.
Evervone can think of someone else who is to blame.
Why not face our own faults for a change? Nothing im
presses the other fellow more than change in us.
Steel worker Jack Jones, rabid communist for 28
years, came with Manager Idris Williams, io a Moral
Re-Armament training center. “The first time I went
to see the manager I tried to make him lose his temper,”
said Jones. “Yet in this manager was something I had
never met before . . . No political shock ... no economic
shock would have changed me. But Williams brought
me face to face with spiritual reality—a blow between
the eyes.”
Williams told the other half of the story. After apol
ogizing for my past aloofness and dictatorial attitude, I
asked Jones and other of the union men if they would
battle with me to create a new spirit of teamwork. After
they had recovered from the shock they agreed to try
it. The result has been that for five years we have not
had one dispute which we could not settle among our
selves. True management must not dictate. Its real func
tion is to create a team tvith labor, to fight the subver
sive forces that are out to smash both.”
Business needs not an “anti,” but a bigger idea to
answer Communism, and in so doing business will in
sure the future security of free enterprise.
NOT READY FOR PASTURE
(Anchorage Daily Times)
The strange case of Thomas E. Dewey is puzzling
Washington Republicans these days.
These Republicans said the New York governor isn’t
acting at all like a man who—twice defeated for the
Presidency—is getting ready to retire from the political
field.
As an instance, they cited the fact that Dewey made
two Lincoln Day banquet speeches. One in Washington
February 8 and the second in New York, February 12.
Dewey’s appearance here is the top attraction in the
series of party banquets to be held all over the country.
In a way, it will square him off once again with Presi
dent Truman, star performer for the Democrats’ Jeffer
son-Jackson Day dinner here February 24.
Some Republicans apparently would have been
pleased to try out a new contender instead of the de
feated nominee.
But one of those who had a hand in the arrangements
said the suggestion from Dewey’s friends that the New
York governor was the man for this particular speak
ing spot came in such a way that it might have been
embarrassing to pick anyone else.
Dewey’s friends replied that, as the nominee, the New
York governor remains titular head of the party. It’s
only fair, they said, to give him the chance to tell the
Republicans what went wrong on November 2 and sug
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gest some changes.
Associates contended Dewey is not going to seek of
fice again, but intends to retain active interest in party
affairs.
National chairman Hugh D. Scott; Jr., is listed as one
of those who is taking at face value Dewey’s assertion
, shortly after election that he won’t try a third time for
the Presidential or governor’s nominations.
But some Republicans have been suggesting that the
New Yorker hasn’t closed the door firmly against the
possibility that he might seek a Senate seat in 1950.
That year marks the end of the present term of Sena
j tor Robert A. Wagner, Democrat whose ill health has
. long kept him away from Senate sessions.
Whether Dewey has one eye on the Senate or not, he
took personal note recently of the unsuccessful effort of
a group of self-styled liberal Republicans made to over
turn the leadership of Senator Robert Taft of Ohio.
Senator Ives of New York, took an active part in
Dewey’s Presidential campaign, quarterbacked the re
volt against Taft.
Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, a member of Dew
ey’s campaign brain trust at Albany, ran ^gainst Taft.
Because of these personalities, there were some re
ports that the whole affair was a Dewey battle against
Taft, whom the New York governor had defeated for
the Presidential nomination.
Before the showdown vote came, however, Dewey is
I known to have called Taft and to have offered to issue
a statement that he had no connection with the revolt
and. in fact, favored Taft’s re-election as policy com
mittee chairman.
Taft, knowing he had his fight won, advised against
such a move and it wasn’t made.
On the Democratic side, National Chairman J. Har
old McGrath called over the week-end for 25,000 party
workers to get behind President Truman’s program.
McGrath wrote them that “The Truman ‘Fair Deal’
is a sound program of progress.” He scoffed at Republi
cans who say it is socialistic and added: “Republican
standpatters have been crying ‘socialism* ever since
Bryan."
SWISS TRY FIFTH COLUMNISTS
Since the end of the war,\ 102 Swiss citizens have
been prosecuted as members of the Nazi fifth column in
Switzerland, acording to a government report.
Of the 102 persons charged with treason, collabora
tion with the Germans and undermining Switzerland’s
neutrality and independence during the war, only three
were acquitted. Ninety-nine fifth-columnists were sen
tenced to varying terms of imprisonment, ranging from
20 years to six months. Those sentenced to prison terms
included several tried in absentia and still believed to
be abroad.
Honest apology works, in home or business—Results
guaranteed.
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tive clause for new industries.
, Lester Gore, attorney for the
Ketchikan Pulmp Company, toll
the Senate that in his opinion the t
incentive clause now incorporated
in the bill is invalid.
The pulp industry’s counter
proposal failed to arrive in time
for yesterday’s hearing due to a
weather-caused delay in the mails.
Gore said he was sure it would
reach here by today.
Three boat owners appeared be
fore the Senate to plead for special
consideration in any property tax
on boats. They contended they are
already heavily taxed on motor
fuel and warned that additional
levies will send boats to Washing
ton State for registration to escape
such a tax burden.
Lee Ellis, of Wrangell, who op
erates a guide and boat service for
>portsmen. said flatly that ‘‘I cer
tainly will register in Washington
if this goes through, just as all *ne
o hers will.”
Sen. Steve McCutcheon, third
Division Democrat, told Ellie he
doubted the Alaska tax could be
avoided by registering outside the
Territory if the boat owners con
ducts his business in Alaska.
Ellis said he paid $300 in motor
fuel taxes last year and added:
“I'm not trying to evade taxes •
but just want to emphasize that
boat owners already are paying
substantial taxes.”
As approved tentatively in the
House, the fisheries board bill, in
troduced by Rep. Alfred A. Owen.
Jr., Third Division Democrat,
would crea'e a board of one fish
erman from the First Division,
one from the Third, and two mem
bers from the general public, all
appointed by Governor Gruening.
These four would choose a fifth as
director at a salary of not more
than $12,000 annually.
Debate over eliminating the two
salmon industry representatives
brought charges that they are in
terested only in exploiting the
board’s resources. Counter-argu
ments were that all sides should
be represented on the board .
The vote to reduce the size of
th e-board by two was 13 to 11.
The amendment cut ing out the
industry members was introduced
by Rep. C. (Red) Carlson, Cor
dova Democrat
Rep. Frank G. Johnson, Kake
Republican, proposed an amend
ment to have the board members
\
elected for two-year terms to
“stop the trend toward one-man
rule.”
“We don’t mean to reflect on
the Governor, but too much ap
pointive power is not good,” he
said.
Johnson’s proposal was defeat
ed 20 to 4 after Owen said he
would withdraw his fisheries
board bill if the amendment were
adopted because it then would -be
j“only a hollow shell and require
• a fight against fishing industry
• every two years.”
Wednesday, February 19. 1149
| JUNEAU, (/P)— The Territorial
House approved last night a me
'mortal to Congress for permission
;to offer a $15,000,000 Territorial
| bond issue for school construction
; and repairs. The vote was 22 to 2.
It also asked that Congress pro
j vide some degree of matching
{funds for any bond issue ap
proved.
| The House also passed a bill to
, raise fishermen's licenses to $5 for
{residents and $50 for non-resi
. dents, with a 22-0 vote.
I The Senate completed second