THE NOME NUGGET
Published Monday, Wednesday and Friday by the
NOME PUBLISHING CO.
NOME. ALASKA
Telephone: Main 125 P. O. Box 618
$1.50 PER MONTH $16.00 A YEAR
W. A. Boucher .Owner-Publisher
Entered as second class matter October 14, 1943. at the postoffice
at Nome, Alaska, under the Act of March 3. 1879.
Nome, Alaska, Wednesday, December 7, 1949
WHAT IT MEANS: DIPLOMATIC RECOGNITION
(By Clarke Beach)
The United States is wielding a small stick against
the Communist Chinese government by failing to rec
ognize it. But a high diplomatic authority says non
recognition can’t last forever.
In the long run, he says, the withholding of recogni
tion is not a powerful lever. U. S. recognition gives pres
tige and strength to a new government, but once other
governments have accorded recognition, a nod from the
U. S. would not mean so much as it would now.
By withholding recognition at this time, the U. S.
hopes to make it clear to the Chinese Reds that it does
not intend to accept on an equal diplomatic footing any
nation which doesn't fulfill its international obligation.
The Reds’ mistreatment of Angus Ward and other
American citizens was enough in itself to disgust Amer
ican diplomats.
To obtain American recognition. Secretary of State
Acheson has said, the Chinese Communists must not
only live up to their international obligations, they
also must control their whole country, and the Chinese
people must at least ecquiesce in their rule.
For generations the American government has re
quired that new governments meet those tests before
they are recognized. Thomas Jefferson first formulated
the viewpoint that recognition doesn’t mean approval—
only that the U. S. acknowledges existence of the re-j
gime.
“It is recognition of a set of facts, nothing more,” says
Secretary of State Acheson. “We may have the gravest
reservations as to the manner in which it has come into
power. We may deplore its attitude toward civil liber
ties. Yet our long-range objectives in the promotion of
democratic institutions may7, in fact, be best served by
recognizing it and thus maintaining a channel of com-'
munication with the country involved.”
Recognition of a new government had advantages for
both sides. That’s the reason some other countries are
reported to be eager to recognize the Chinese Reds asj
soon as possible. It opens the channel of diplomatic inter
course. Before recognition envoys of foreign powers
have no immunity, no diplomatic status. They are treat
ed like private citizens and can be of only limited use to
the governments they represent. If an envoy of a coun
try you don’t recognize turns up in your country, you i
can deport him as an alien illegally in your country.
___ -_. i
POPULATION FORECAST FOR 1975
The population of the United States may be as high as
188,500,000 by 1975, according to a prediction by the
Bureau of Agricultural Economics, which forecasts a
possible gain of 26.4 per cent. If this maximum is real
ized, it will be a gain of about 39,000,000 in population
in the next quarter-century and, according to the Bur
eau’s forecast, about one-fourth of this gain is expected
to occur on the West Coast.
For purposes of forecasting future population growth,
the Bureau divided the United States into nine regions.
It predicates its “high” figure on what it considers max
imum growth, but it also gives what will happen if there
are “low” population growth and migration.
In the paragraphs below, we give the high and low
forecasts for each region, and list the States included
in the area:
New England (including Maine, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Is
land): present population, 9,350,000 high, 10,636,000;
low, 9,497,000.
Middle Atlantic (including New York, New Jersey
and Pennsylvania): present population. 30,102,000; high
36,076,000; low 31,631,000.
East North Central (including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
• %
Census Taking
To Start February
First In Alaska
SEATTLE, </P) — Uncle Sum
won’t wait until April 1, when the
big count gets under way in the
States, to count noses in Alaska.
The job up there will start on!
Feb. 1.
The job will be supervised from
here by Gen. H. Harris, who di
rects a district including Wash
ing ton, Oregon, Idaho, Montana
and Alaska. This is the biggest
census area of all on a square
mile basis, and consequently pre
sents a proportionate number of
problems.
The spring thaws, which make
interior valleys impassable in
April, necessitate the early start
in the northern outpost, Harris
explained. The vast area of the
Territory also makes door-to-door,
enumeration impractical if not im-J
possible, even if the census takers
could converse with the natives
in their own tongue.
Teachers and nurses will be de
pended upon for back-stopping in
these areas while the fish and
wildlife service will be utilized j
along with other agencies in some!
spots not covex*ed by native per
sonnel.
The migratory population in i
Alaska also presents a problem.;
ilonpin Nameil To
Top Liquor Post
(Anchorage Times)
Marshal Hoppin, former Alaska
Airlines president and city tax of
ficial was named recently as pub
lic relations counsel for the Terri
torial Liquor Dealers Association
at a meeting heer attended by rep
resentatives from throughout the
Territory.
Hoppin was selected for the
post from a field of six candidates,
by delegates of the industry from
Anchorage, Fairbanks, Kodiak,
Nome, Wrangell, Seldovia, Dilling
ham, Cordova. Juneau, Sitka and
Ketchikan.
The position is reported to be
one of the highest salaried in the
Territory, with remuneration on a
graduating scale monthly. Hoppin
will serve unofficially as a lobby
ist, and officially his duties will
consist of improving public rela
tions for the liquor industry in
Alaska.
Fishermen and cannery workers
who go to Alaska for the summer
won’t be credited to the Territory.
The purely physical problems
of geography and climate will re
quire utilization of virtually every
means of transportation, and that
includes airplanes and even dog
teams if necessary, Harris -con
eluded.
Michigan and Wisconsin): present population, 30,370,
000 high 38,377,000; low 33,036,000.
West North Central (including the Dakotas, Minne
sota, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska and Kansas): present
population 14,145,000; high 15,653,000; low 14,091,000.
South Atlantic (including the District of Columbia,
West Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia and Florida):
present population, 19,870,000 high 25,120,000; low
21,623,000.
East South Central (including Kentucky, Tennessee,
Alabama and Mississippi): present population 11,224,
000; high 14.182,000; low 12,208,000.
West South Central (including Texas, Oklahoma, Ar
kansas and Louisiana): present population, 11,224,000;
high 17,614.000; low 15,341,000.
Mountain (including Montana, Idaho, Wyoming,
Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Nevada):
present population 4,800,000; high 6,072,000; low 5,227,
000.
Pacific (including California, Oregon and Washing
ton): present population, 14,937,0000; high 24,855,000;
low 19,675,000.
THESE WOMEN! By d’Alessio |
K ^
“Our plan is a little different—you either uay
a dollar or kiss her!'*
1949 Property Tax
Law Challenged
(Continued from Page One)
to be initiated in Fairbanks.
The suit contends the tax is
discriminatory. It attacks the pro
visions as “vague, uncertain, in
definite and impossible of recon
ciliation.”
It also assails the law on the
ground it fails to provide for a
uniform levy due to differences in
assessments, valuations and meth
ods of making payments between
the various taxing units covered
under the act.
It charges the assessments can
not be equalized for those living
in different municipalities and
school districts, and that differ
ences continue to exist as to lia
bilities and penalties for taxpay
ers living in and those living out
side of municipalities and regular
taxing districts.
It alleges that until the tax i?
paid there is a cloud on the tax
payers’ property, subject to pro
visions which place them in dan
ger of a levy on personal properly
until the obligation is met.
It alleges that even if the tax
is paid under protest, no provi
sion in the act would enable tax
payers to recover their money if
the law should be held invalid.
The remedy at law for securing a
refund would be inadequate be
cause the territory, the complaint
said, “is insolvent and unable to
pay its ordinary expenses of gov
ernment.”
Granting of injunctive relief at
once was asked on the ground it
will prevent a multiplicity of
claims on the commissioner for
tax recovery if the act is ruled out
by the courts.
The court also was asked to en
join the officials from proceeding
with collections under the act to
save persons owning property in
several districts from the possibil
ity of having to file many separate
suits for recovery of the amount
paid on specific properties—if the
law is outlawed.
The complaint was drawn by
attorney H. L. Faulkner, of Jun
eau, and the firms of Collins and
Clasby of Fairbanks, and Medley
and Hauglnnd of Seatlje.
William K. Leise, Territorial
tax assessor for the Fourth Divi
sion, said in an interview that the
filing of the suit does not affect
the obligation of taxpayers to
meet their bills pending final dis
position of the case.
Neither the city nor school dis
trict are collecting the / property
tax in their environs this year.
Leise said in an interview that
the assessment rolls for taxpayers
in the divisions living outside the
city and school district, and sub
ject to the Territorial portion of
the tax, now are being prepared.
Work will go forward on it, he
said, despite the test suit. No bills
have been distributed nor assess
ment notices sent out yet, but fie
said they will be within 10 days.
Mr. and Mri. William Foaier
and children left this morning for
a trip to the States. They plan to
pick Up a car in Fairbanks and
drive to the States, their first trip
in several years.
Mrs. Angell, genial, courteous
chief operator of the Telephone
Exchange, says: “Please publish
the date and hour of the Roof
Garden, as I am literally swamped
with calls requesting this informa
tion.” Well, it’s next Saturday.
December 10, 9 p.m., at the School
Gym.—Adv.