THE NOME DAILY NUGGET
GEO S. MAYNARD. Editor
RUSSELL G MAYNARD, Manager.
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VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
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The announcement yesterday by Supt. Calvin
Pool of the Nome Public Schools that three classes in
vocational education would commence in the near fu
ture, brings to mind once more, that Nome has not yet
availed itself fully of the opportunities in this regard.
Cities in other parts of the Territory have had es
4ablished organizations and vocational classes have
been carried on for the past two years. This fall, Vo
cational Director A. E. Schoettler for the Territorial
Board of Education visited Nome and attempted to ar
range for a setup in this line. The classes referred to
by Mr. Pool—Knitting, Cooking, ahd Diesel Engineer-!
ing—are probably the direct results of arrangements!
made at that time and developments effected during
the past few months.
While these three classes represent only a small
start in the great work being carried on under the head
ing of vocational training, it is a real beginnng, and the
people of Nome can assure themselves of additional
classes according to their interest in these.
In other sections of Alaska, and all over the Stat
es, when adult training and educational classes were
spoken of and planned for, it was, if anything, rather
difficult for the public to “catch on”, but once it did,
the policies promoted by the VocationSl Departments
of the government have been gobbled up and carried
home in nearly every instance, the adult population of
the United States at last recognizing the unique oppor
tunity of fitting themselves to the values of education,
years after they had completed what schooling they
could, or had no further opportunity due to financial
and other reasons, of going back. Furthermore, for
those who were unemployed, it filled in the gap and at
the same time gave them the opportunity of developing
along other lines.
As one ot the New Deal policies to come out ot the
depression, Vocational Education as applied to the mass
es of the people, is, without doubt, the greatest step to
ward universal enlightenment, uplifting of all types of
labor, and a huge stride forward in that maxim of
“help your neighbor, and you help yourself.”
That is why Nomeites are urged to register and
take advantage of the Vocational Courses which are
offered at this time. Those who have the time to apply
themselves to it will miss an essential opportunity if
they do not take advantage of the vocational work now,
and thus lay the groundwork for the enlarging and ad
ditions to the present setup that should come to Nome.
An American naval secret is something which no
body knows except the Navy Department, the Japan
ese, the British, the Germans and the newspapers.
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Nearly every decent-minded American deplored the
recent publication of a motion picture player’s private
diary. And nearly all of them read every word of it.
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As usual after the first of the year expenses are
being cut to the bone. Let’s hope there are no fractures.
Grading of the streets and keeping them level, fair
ly easy to walk on, and smooth enough at times for
automotive traffic, is a sure way of keeping your people
in the habit of visiting your business district, and a sure
way of preventing your city from being likened to a
cemeterv.
The New Deal
In the National
Capitol As Seen
(By Rodney Dutcher)
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Among
big interests which bitterly op
posed Roosevelt’s reelection, but
are now making goo-goo-eyes—
they’re known among cynical new
dealers as the “forgive-and-for
getters”—The big electric power
companies can expect the least
sympathy.
The administration still regards
these corporations as the bad
boys of big business and believes
it has broken the industry’s grip
on the people. Nearly everyone
who has talked about power.with
the President lately is convinced
that there will be no letdown in
the steady pressure on various
fronts for cheaper and cheaper
electricity.
There will be more power leg
islation in the next congress.
Some of it will be designed to
integrate and strengthen existing
set-ups.
It’s an excellent bet that Roos
evelt will again push the St.Law
rence waterways project with its
huge possibilities of cheap power
in New York state.
Chairman Arthur E. Morgan of
TVA, whose ideas as to how to
deal with private power compan
ies are far less militant than
those of most other new dealers,
is likely to retire within the next
few months.
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• Utilities’ Foes Defeated
Added bitterness has been in
jected by widespread belief that
the ‘‘power trust” made extraor
dinary effort to drive from public
life members of congress who
last year were conspicuous in
fighting for the bill to regulate
holding companies.
Despite a pro-new deal sweep,
it is charged, most of such mem
bers had a hard time and Driscoll
of Pennsylvania, who exposed
the Associated Gas & Electric
company’s fake telegrams, and
Sisson of New York were defeat
ed by power company efforts, it
is alleged.
No one except the President
seems to know yet the extent
to which his conference a few
weeks before election on a pro
posed power pool in the Tenn
essee valley was a campaign gest
ure, although it is known that
politics was a factor.
A three-month extension of
the existing agreement for sale
of TVA power was arranged,
but insiders insist Roosevelt will
be hard-boiled in demanding
wide-spread distribution of TVA
power at low rates and accept
ance of the principle that present
transmission lines function as
common carriers for both private
and government-produced pow
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Companies in Bad Spot
Power enthusiasts in high plac
es agree that TVA power event
ually wTjI be serving such large
cities as Knoxville. Chattanooga,
Memphis, and Nashville.
Power companies now buy
ing huge amounts of electricity
from TVA would face a short
age of power if they were to re
fuse to buy or were denied the
government product. They would
have a hard time raising money
to buiiid new generating facilities
in the face of government com
petition.
On the other hand, their capi
tal structures are' said to be so
inflated that they can’t afford to
sell at the cheap rate the gov
ernment seeks.
The present agreement restricts
TVA to distribution in small
northern A'abama and Mississ
ippi areas, but it is charged that
private companies long since
have violated the agreement by
trying to compete in these areas.
TVA Directors David Lilienthal
Harcourt Morgan, and others
who claim the backing of the
President seek to extend public
transmission and distribution thru
large sections so that there may
really be a yardstick.
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Morgan is Rebuffed
Chairman Arthur Morgan of
the TV A could get along far
more cozily with the Common
weath & Southern power com
panies than other new dealers
care to let him and is not in fav
or of TV A power sales to any
more municipalities.
A few months ago he told
Roosevelt he would resign if Lil
ientha! were re-appointed a TVA
director. Roosevelt re-appointed
Lilienthal and Arthur Morgan’s
well-wishers have been grin
ning expectantly ever since.
Senator George Norris prob
ably will push his MSsJtissippi
VaLley authority plan at this ses
sion. But the St. Lawrence pro
ject has been a Roosevelt pet
ever since 1912, when he was in
the New York senate and one o^|
his first communications as gov
ernor outdid A1 Smith, who had
also been interested, by suggest
ing the possibilities of public
transmission and distribution of
St. Lawrence power.
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