THE NOME NUGGET
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Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943, at the postofn^
at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3, 1879.
Wednesday, February 12, 1947
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Friday, February 14, 1947
Celebrating 37th Anniversary
“To do my duty to God and my country, and to
obey the Scout law; to help other people at all times;
to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake
and morally straight.”
THE OATH ABOVE is a pledge of the faith of
youth upon whom will fall the leadership in this world
of ours.
This week, in all parts of the world Boy Scouts arc
gathered in celebration of the birth of this organization
dedicated to the molding of youth, the building of healty
bodies, the highest quality in morals and citizenship.
In America, the Boy Scouts of America enjoys the
praise and appreciation of the entire citizenry, in tha>
the organization has contributed, and continues through
its ideals, to assist in every way possible, to the better
ment of others, and the realization of the duty to God
and country.
In Alaska the scouting program is gaining impetus in
its activities for 1947, and the detailed plan will soon be
released.
Ihe development of the character and training in cit
izenship under expert leadership is the offer made to
every boy who is willing and eager to take the Scout
Oath:
“To do my duty to God and my country, . . .
“They Saw Him W alking Upon Sea”
(By Jack Foster)
I WAS QUITE PUZZLED about what to do with the:
Sea of Galilee.
David has brought it home to me last Sunday from
Sunday School. It was'a most wonderful sea. Its water
were molded from blue clay and the ship was made from
bits of wood with a paper sail. He had fashioned it him
self to illustrate the story of a great miracle performed
by the Son of another David many years ago.
“Take good care of the Sea of Galilee,” he said. “I
made it just for you.”
This presented a grave responsibility. Some respon
sibility you can take lightly. If you are given a rubber
plant you know what to do with it—you put it in the
sun. If you are given a picture of a lon^-lost relative,
you put it in the family album, and if, perchance, you are
given a billfold in these high cost days of living, you
frame it as a memory of times gone by.
But the Sea of Galilee is another matter. You can’t
put it on the mantelpiece, and you can’t put it on your
desk among scattered papers and cigar stubs—that
would be irreverent—and you most certainly can’t
place it on a coffee table in the living room where ash
trays are heaped with curious kinds of debris.
The gospel maker had said:
“And when even was come, the ship was in the midst
of the sea, and he alone on the land.
“And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was
contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the!
night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and
would have passed by them.
“But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they
supposed it had been a spirit and cried out:
“For they all saw him, and were troubled. And imme
diately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of
good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.
“And he went up unto them into the ship and the wind
ceased; and they were sore amazed in themseilves be
yond measure, and wondered.”
With such a wondrous story you can well imagine
that the Sea of Galilee called for no ordinary resting
place. For it represented a story of faith that triumphed
over the elements—a story of faith that quieted the
storm when it was about to wreck a ship filled with des
perate men.
It called for a place where it might serve as a perpet
ual reminder that there can be a calm after every storm.
In his childish way, David had placed a far heavier duty
on my shoulders than anyone had done before. But it
was he at last who solved the problem for me.
‘‘Why don’t you take the Sea of Galilee to the news
paper office with you?” he said. ‘‘It will look very pretty
there.”
And that’s exactly what I have done. The Sea of Gal
ilee now rests on the top of the bookcase that is filled
with copies of political speeches, expensive brochures
published by great corporations, pleas in behalf of labor
unions, long reports from the United Nations pointing a
tehnical way to improbable peace.
iNow let the mourners of our lost liberties and the
confused critics of our declining society and despairing
judges of our spirited ’teenagers come into my office.
i’ll just take them for a voyage on the Sea of Galilee.
One Man’s Opinion By Walter kiernan
A strange race of people has been discovered in the
Brazilian jungle.—They never heard of the atom bomb
but otherwise are quite civilized. . . . Originally they
were head hunters but finally came to the conclusion
there was no future in it.—A thought we are attempting
to impress on the United Nations'. ... In this strange
tribe children are respectful to their parents, courtship
is carried on before parents and marriages is for keeps.—
All delightfully primitive customs. . . . But with the
growth of rapid transportation these people can look
forward to one day being as we‘ are—if they can’t pre
vent it. . . . Anyway, it’s good to know that new cars
have been ordered for the New York subway.—No other
city will have more modern transportation and a bigger
deficit.
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THAT’S THAT By bruce gustin
A.
Congressman Taber <Rep.> of
New York, chairman of the house
appropriations committee thinks
“we can balance the budget this
year as well as next year.” And
why not? Revenues for the current
fiscal year are estimated at a little
more than 40 billion dollars. That
certainly should be more than
enough for all.necessary expendi
tures.
Fifteen years ago, former Pres -
dent Roosevelt told the American
people that “government costs too
much.” Federal government alone
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is costing more than nine times as
much now as it did then. In the
December issue of Tax Outlook—
published by the Tax Foundation,
Inc.—Treasury unders e c rt a r y
Gardner declared “the cost of gov
ernment—all government — is too
great.” He warned that “we cannot
continue federal expenditures on
the basis of taking one dollar out
of every four for federal revenue.”'
Bloated payrolls offer abundant j
opportunities for economizing. A
Senate committee has been told by
a budget bureau official that plans \
have been made to elimina c ' ),
000 federal employees by July 1,
reducing the total to 2,186,000. That
*s at least one million more than
me government actually needs.
Tne suggestion by Senator Langer
mu, tne bureau of Indian Affairs,
vw.ucn has 11,000 employees and
coats about 40 million dollars a
year, be abolished will appeal to
many people. Surely, after 100
years of government supervision
mid care and training the Indians
should be able to take care of
memselves without any federal
guardian.
iceveiations that* the agriculture
uepariment stapds to lose 80 mil
lion uoilars on the 1946 potato
ci op surplus are enough to make a
taxpayer s blood boil. That is cost
ing nim two ways. He has to pay
lor this loss. In addition to that,
ne has been paying scarcity prices
i.c*r potatoes because the govern
ment bought up and dumped the
ourpius to keep it off the market.
c-ongressman Celler (Dem.) of
.*ew dor a, in his annual attack on
suver purenase taws says that
wane the government price for
oi*ver is 9U.o cents an ounce the
open market price is down to 78. i5.
vvnac he doesn’t tell is that the sil
ver purchased by the treasury
costs the taxpayers nothing and
the government makes a profit on
every silver purchase. Silver
bought by the government is car
ried on the treasury books at $1.23
an ounce. It is paid for with silver
certificates issued against it.
Russia is opposed to giving
small nations an equal voice with
the “Big Four” powers in writing
the German and Austrian treaties.
That is one Soviet policy that
makes sense. As Deputy* Foreign
Minister Gousev of Russia argues,
“this right to draft treaties was not
grabbed, it was bought with the
greatest amount of blood.” The
greater number of countries which
have a hand in writing these pacts
the more complicated the job will
be. It will be difficult enough for
the United States, Russia, Britain
and France to agree on the peace
terms without dragging in the
smaller Allied countries.
The warning by the American
Federation of Labor executive
council that the existing “era of
good feeling” in labor manage
ment relations could be disrupted
uy drastic legislation being con
sidered by Congres sounds veiy
much like a threat. It is unwise t >
$ay the least. Such an attempt to
intimidate Congress should
strengthen the determination of
the nation’s lawmakers to provide
needed legislative curbs to restrain
the excesses of organized labor.
The decision of the lower house
of Congress to continue the so
called luxury taxes was wise. The
more than one billion dollars raised
annually by these levies will help
that much in reducing the nafonal
debt and in making possible indi
vidual income tax reductions, par
ticularly in the lower income
brackets where relief is most
needed.
21 TUBERCULOSIS PATIENTS
HAVE BEEN HOSPITALIZED
Miss Clara Gaddie states that to
date 21 persons with tubreculsosis
have been sent out to the govern
ment hospitals at Juneau, Seward
and Skagway for treatment, and
four boys and two girls are now
awaiting space. The group includes
both adults and children who, be
ing active cases could have carried
the disease and spread it through
the community. This is the first
concerted action taken to try and
| control the spread of T.B. which
; is so prevalent in this division.