THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
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RUSSELL MAYNARD, Manager.
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AID TO AIR DEFENSE
(Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
The suggestion before the federal aviation commission
that air transport pilots should serve at least two weeks a
year in the army air corps deserves immediate'adoption.
The proposal was made by David I. Behncke, whose
position as president of the Air Lines Pilots Association
gives it the indorsement of America’s finest civilian flyers.
Benefits of such a system are at once apparent. It would
coordinate national defense and civilian aviation develop
ment.
It would give the army an auxiliary force of highly
trained and experienced flyfers for quick mobilization in
event of sudden emergency.
How necessary these pilots would be in case of war is
brought out by the experiences of the army air corps in
flying the mails under emergency conditions for which it
was not prepared.
Lack of preparedness cost the lives of thirteen of our
bravest army flyers, a needless sacrifice tp the “penurious”
policy of the war department in ordering men to duties for
which they were not trained nor equipped, and a grave
warning of the need for thorough revision of present avia
tion policies.
This “penurious” policy, Behncke added, has kept our
military flyers, our defenders in time of war, grounded for
lack of gas and oil to take their machines into the air.
That such a policy could be tolerated at a time when
air defense is recognized as the best safeguard against at
tack is unthinkable.
America has the men, the facilities and the need for
becoming supreme irrthe air.
That position should be quickly attained to insure peace.
RACE FOR LEADERSHIP HOUSE INCREASES
The fight for leadership of the House of Representatives
in Washington, D. C., has taken on a different aspect as the
result of two developments.
The first is the rumor that some undesignated agent of
the Democratic national committee is quietly passing the
word along of both new and old members to be wary of
committing themselves in advance for any one of the candi
dates for speakfer.
The other is the announcement that Vice President
Garner accepted an invitation to quit his Uvalde retreat and
return to Washington in time to attend the Gridiron dinner
on the night of December 8th.
If it be true that the Democratic national committee,
the political agency of the administration, officially or un
officially, has interested itself in the question of House, lea
dership, it must be construed as highly significant. j
Just what it portends no one seems to know. It
seems fairly certain, however, if it be true, that regardless
of how much the administration desires to play hands-off
in the'fight it is finding it increasingly difficult to do so.
The contention all along has been that the administra
tion has a vital stake in the question. For obvious reasons
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it is to its advantage to have at the helm of the House in the
next Congress as strong a leadership as possible—a leader
ship capable not only of putting through its program but
doing it quickly.
There will be 76 new Democrats in the next House—a
block of votes which conceivably could turn the trick for
any of the leading contestants for the speakership. A word
from the Democratic national committee—the patronage
distributing agency of the administration—probably would
be heeded by all of them.
Vice President Garner’s return to Washington almost
a month before Congress is convened and his intention to
stay here have aroused all sorts of speculation.
Politicians say that more is behind “Cactus” Jack’s re
turn than merely a desire to be present at the newspaper
men’s annual dinner. They know how. much he dislikes
Washington when Congress i£ not in session. For years he
has arrived only a few hours before a session actually opens.
Insiders say Garner is more interested in the selection
of the next speaker than he has been in anything for a long
time. An old-timer of the House himself, he still numbers
as his best friends those high in the inner council there.
We all admire the man who has the courage to come
right out and say what he thinks—provided he has intelli
gence enough to agree with us.
Human nature, brother, changes very slowly and almost
imperceptibly; so don’t expect a reformation from one el
ection.
In unity there is strength. Boosting cooperation will
do wonders in building a city.
Home city boosters are the fellows who do not have
one brand of selfishness for business purposes and another
brand for their city. They are the men who possess a
spirit of “we can and we will” and work to the end that the
entire community will forge ahead in the march of progress.
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were seated at the same table in a popular restau
rant. One of them had finished her lunch, while •
the ofclier was about to begin. The girl who had
finished sat back in her chair and lighted a cigar
ette. The other seemed to resent this, and remark
ed sarcastically: “I suppose you do not object to
my eating while you are smoking?” The first girl
looked at her and answered brightly: “Well, no,
not, so long as I can hear the orchestra.”
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