THE SEWARD POLARIS
Peninsula-Chain News1
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of the “Kenai Empire”
Independent
Pnited Press Service
Published Semi-weekly
by
H. W. and N. M. Hunt
Seward. Alaska
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NEW FRIGID FREEZE
AT WERNERS
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Werners Market is first in
Seward with the new modern,
Dynamic. Frozen Food Salesman,
with both frozen fruits and vege
tables. Also the most up-to-date
and latest designed fresh vege
table display case. Vegetables
can be kept in this case for days
and he as fresh and appetizing
as they were the morning they
were picked from the garden.
You people who arc out strol
ling around and want to get a
real eyeful of the most up-to
date Frigid Freezer and Refriger
ated vegetable stand in Alaska,
stop in and take a look at Wer
ners display cases. Seward is for
tunate. You don't have to go out
side anymore to see how things
are done b.cause the so-called"
outside has started moving to
Seward.
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1st Lt. John Kitzer (The Rug
ged Irishman) Commanding Of
ficer of Military Police in Seward
has had his retirement rejected
and will lie in the army until
19V
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End of Lend-Lease Started Events |
Leading to Marshall Plan Remedy
By R. H. SHACKFORD |
United Press Staff Correspondent
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WASHINGTON (UP) — Seven
days after Japan surrendered in
1945, President Truman stunned
an allied world still nursing Vic
tory Day hang-overs. He announ
ced that all lend-lease would
cease “immediately." ,
From then on, everything was
to he on a “cash-and-carry” basis.
Those who couldn’t pay cash
could borrow. The United Nations
was to take care of starvation.
Eventually the World Bank was
to supply , reconstruction loans. |
If any one decision started a
train of events ultimately leading ,
two and one-half years later to '
the need for a new many-billion >
dollar recovery program, Mr. Tru
man’s announcement on Aug. 21,
1945 probably was it.
Lend-lease was a war-time mea
sure and had to end. But when !
it ended, there was no interim
plan to take care of a world de- .
vastated hv six years of war.
Civilians Aided
Lend-lease is most often con
sidered in terms of military equip
ment. But only half of the $50,
000.000,000 spent by the United
States for lend-lease was for
strictly military supplies. The bal
ance was for food, raw materials,
essential civilian supplies, indus
trial equipment—many of which
were for civilian populations.
For example, much of Britain's'
food supply during the last years
, of the war was lend-lease.
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No arrangements had been
made by Europe to pick up where
lend-lease left off. Those coun
tries, along with the U. S„ ex
pected the Japanese war to last
at least another year. Lend-lease
was to continue until Japan sur
rendered.
Thus there was a mad scramble
to improvise plans for keeping
the supply lines filled. The only
possible supplier of necessities
was the United States. But dol
lars in Europe were scarce and
the prospect was that it woulrl
be months before such nations as
Britain could revert to production
for export—her only way of ac
quiring dollars to buy food.
Congress Rebels
The UNRRA (United Nations
Relief and Rehabilitation Admin
istration! was in operation. Brit
ain was not eligible for such re
lief. not having been invaded.
The United States, which foot
ed about 70 percent of UNRRA's
bill, was extremely dissatisfied
with that organization. Congress
didn't like it, feeling the United
States was not getting enough
credit for its contributions. Fur
thermore it was an international
organization and the U. S.—al
though contributing three-fourths
of the money—only had one vote,
as did each of the other mem
bers. On United States initiative
UNRRA was abolished in Decem
ber, 1946.
The first immediate result of
the termination of lend-lease was
a British SOS. After months of
wrangling, a controversial $3.
730.000,000 loan was negotiated to i
last from three to five years. The
British drew the last $1 Oh.000.000
of it in March—nineteen and one
half months after it was signed.
The United States pursued this
policy—the end of international
relief and help projects, loans to
individual countries as needs a
rose, and single-handed United
States relief in small amounts to
prevent actual starvaion—until
the spring of 1947.
That program had cost the U
nited States $12,000,000,000. But
it didn’t bring results. Neither
war-time lend-lease nor UNRRA
nor the post-war piece-meal pro
grams was adequate or designed
to meet the problem that event
ually developed in Europe.
Russia Partly Blamed
Some of the defenders of the
administration's policies in those
years place all the blame for fail
ure on Soviet obstructionism. It
certainly made it worse. But Sec
retary of State Marshall told the
Senate:
"The present economic problem
would exist even though it were
not complicated by the ideology
struggles in Europe between
those who want to live as free
men and those small groups who
aspire to dominate by the method
of police states.”
Thus two and one-half years
after Mr. Truman's lend-lease de
f
vision, the United States had to
reverse its policy. It had to aban
don the idea that Europe could
recover if mere starvation was a
verteri.
Just as the United States at
the beginning of the war decided
that all allied resources had to
be pooled to defeat the enemy
and devis d lend-lease to do it. It
had now been forced to devise a
comparable post-war program. It j
calls for maximum co-operative'
self-help by Europeans, with the
United States providing marginal
help to prime the pump.
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Mr. and Mrs. James Fails are
the parents of a 5-lb daughter,
Margaret Ann. born Saturday^
morning.
James Toloff, young longshore
man here was surprised by the
unexpected visit from his sister.
Vera, who returned on the Aleu
tian. She hails from Ballentine,
Texas and expects to remain here !
a week and will then visit her
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Frank A. Metcalf
Candidate for
TERRITORIAL HIGHWAY ENGINEER
Frank A. Mtcalf of Junaau who is seeking the Demo
cratic nomination of Territorial Highway Engineer has
been a resident of the Territory continuously since 1913.
He holds a Master's Degree in Civil Engineering and
has License No. 1 of the Territory registered engineers.
Upon coming to Alaska he worked for the Bradley
interests until the First World War when he was com
missioned in the 20th Engineers. In the summer of 1919
Mr. Metcalf went into business for himself following
General Engineering and making mineral and non
mineral patent surveys. He served four times as City
Engineer of Juneau. At the outbreak of World War II
he was appointed Director of Civilian Defense and Sec
retary Local Draft Board. In 1942 Mr. Metcalf joined
the engineering staff of Siems-Drake and had charge of
the dredging of Sitka’s harbor. In 1945 he went to Adak
as Chief of Party. In the fall of 1947 he was appointed
to fill out the term of the late Leonard Smith as Terri
torial Highway Engineer, the office he now seeks. Few
men in the Territory are better equipped by education,
experience and professional ability to handle the work
of Territorial Highway Engineer and Superintendent of
Public Works. PD ADV.
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Secretary — L. Dick
Marshal — J. Chilleago
Dispatcter — D. McMillan
Dispatcher — L Rogers
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Largest Stock of Latest Hits
and Classical Records
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Seward Carpenter's Union 2304
Affiliated With A. F. of L.
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