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Without expressing an opinion
as to who was right and who was
■wrong, it is a fact of not very' re
mote history that the Supreme
Court dropped a monkey wrench
into the Administration machin
ery a while ago, when the NRA
and allied projects were set aside
as unconstitutional. Within the
recent past, the Court has valid
ated the Security Act, putting its
o.k. on job insurance and old age
pensions, job insurance having a
close shave at 5 to 4, and old age
pensions making a better show
ing at 7 to 2. Although the sped
fic measures passed upon are im
portant in themselves, the main
point to be noted is that the Court
it is said, has come to take a
broader view of what is called
the general welfare provisions of
the Constitution. It would be
wrong to assume that the Court
has hedged because of the attacks
made upon it. Every tub must
stand on its own bottom, and the
same is true of tria’s at law. Tt>
praise the Court for following the
course known as falling into line
is a doubtful and unwarranted
compliment. Its latest decision
undoubtedly was governed by the
law that applied to the particular
point under consideration. There
should be assurance for a.] in the
circumstance that the Supreme
Court upholds one administrative
measure today and throws anoth
er down tomorrow. Consistency
and safety reside in the fact that
the highest judicial tribunal in
the land can deny another branch
of the government support in one
instance, and come forward with
a ready support in another, if the
law and the facts are n t the
same in both.
J hn D. R ckefeller, S". famil
iarly known as John D., has gone
to his reward at the age of 97.
Once perhaps the most bitterly
critisized man of his time, public
opinion mellowed toward him
with the passage of the years,
partly because the wor d looks
kindly on a person whose head
is whitened by the snows of al
m ;t a hundred winters, but
more especially because of his
benefactions. Born in 1839. Mr.
Rockefeller began life at a time
when people were finding their
way about at night by the light
of tallow candles. Into a candle
lighted world he brought oil.
Not without profit to himself to
be sure, but out of his g un much
money went back directly or in
directly to those who contributed
the profits which rewarded his
enterprises. Regardless of what
one thinks of Mr. Rockefeller, all
must admit that he was a public
character whose repute spread
around the globe. Few can state
offhand who was Vice-President
with Mr. Hayes or even with
President Wilson. Not one in a
thousand knows who was Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court of
the United States in 1!)(H). Every
one knew who was referred to
when the papers stated that John
D. was dead, and the fact that he
had long been in retirement did
not dim his celebrity.
Down in Ge rgia, a prisoner
who had confessed assault and
double murder was shot while
trying to escape. His body was
taken from the morgue, dragged
around the public square and
then burned. On the surface. &
perhaps unconditionally, such
conduct must be disapproved as
an exhibition of childish or prim
itive rage, yet it is safe to say
that the same offence will not be
committed in the same locality
for some time to come. All must
turn a face of cold disapproval on
lynching or anything that resem
bles it. but on the other hand one
is entitled to specu’ate as to whe
ther criminal law is not a little
toi soft, too uncertain and too
slow in its operation. In the days
of the Old West, order was brot
out of turbulence, in more than
one place, by vigilance commit
tees who tried criminals at eight
o'clock in the morning and exe
cuted them before sundown. Self
appointed judges and hangmen
have m piace in modern civiliza
tion but the success which some
times has followed their-efforts
points to the conclusion that, af
ter al\ a careful study of their
work may yield helpful sugges
tions to those who think that the
rules and regulations governing
the punishment of high crimes
need a shake-up and revision.
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TOO YOUNG TO FIGHT
This Basque youngster, picked up from the streets of Bilbao after
an air raid, was too young to fight but not too young to fail victim
to Spanish insurgent airmen who bombed the city In an effort to
dislodge Basque loyalists from their last stronghold.
(Special Correspondence)
Teller, June 20.
(' > ar? n >w traveling back &
forth between Teller and Deese
Creek. Kdgar Tweet took his
Dodge truck and a gang of men
early ,n the week and opened up
about eight and a half miles of
road. Culverts were opened and
[snow shoveled in a number of
p aces and now this warm wea
ther is rapidly drying the road.
G.lbart Jidjeland and Ole Side
recently passed through Teller
enroute toNome with their spring
cleanup. They together with
Claus Hole, have been mining at,
Gold Run during the winter, and
are more than pleased with the
results of their winter’s work.
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Max Hirshberg, accompanied by
his wife and daughter and a crew
of men arrived in Teller last
week and left immediately for
Sunset Creek where they will
work during the summer.
Rev. and Mrs. Skavlan spent
yesterday in town. Most of the
snow is gone at the Mission. The
natives are moving to their
camps for the summer and the
Skavlans will soon be practically
the only ones left in the village.
Among the recent arrivals from
the outside are Clarence Tjerna
gle, and John Hegness. Both men
are employed at the lighterage
plant but expect to go mining af
ter the arrival of the freighter.
Alvin Weber has already de
parted for his mining property.
He .s bringing in machinery and
freight on the first freighter, and
hoping to have at least as good a
seas m as he had last year.
Mrs Jennie Thompson was sum
moned to the Tuksuk. yesterday,
to take care of some sick natives.
Salt Lake is clear of ice and
many natives have already mov
ed down and are getting ready
for their fishing season.
A crew of men are busy at the
lighterage plant and expect to
launch the boats in about a week.
Everyone is anxiously awaiting
the first boat. So far the only
second class mail to reach here
this spring was two sacks which
Pilot Jack Hermann was kind
enough to bring right after the
arrival of the Northland in Nome.
The ice left Port Clarence sev
eral days ago and a boat could
come in at any time.
Weather Today
(U S. Weather Bureau)
The weather was partly cloudy
over most of western central, and
southern Alaska with clearing ov
er the western section at the
morning observation. Cloudy skies
obtained over the Pacific Coast
States.
Barometer readings are high ov
er the Bering Sea district and low
over the Gulf.
Temperatures are seasonably
moderate in all sections of Alas
ka.
The lowest Nome temperature
last night was 38 above and the
highest yesterday 49 above.
After inspecting U. S. Weather
Bureau stations and equipment at
Savoonga and Gambell, Thomas
Hayward, Nome Meteorologist, ar
rived on the USCG Northland.
Strong recommendation will be
made for a Second Order Weath
er Station at Gambell so that
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By M. J. Walsh
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Publish—June 23,24,25.26,28.29,
30. 1938.
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