THE NEMAN A DAILY NEWS
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THE BRITISH PROBLEM
The British government has com
pleted its basic plans for demobiliz
ation of the army and providing
employment for the man whose sole
business for four years has beer
war. It is calculated that 60 per
cent of the men in the army will
go back to their old jobs or have
new ones awaiting them, but taking
care of the remainder even though
every ounce of man-power will be
needed immediately, presents a
most difficult problem.
It will he a long tedious task,
predicts and Associated Press cor
respondent, writing from London, to
transform millions of men from
khaki to civil life and must be done
by degrees. By the plan agreed
upon these degrees have been fixed
upon the needs of industry with
certain consideration being given
to married men or those who may
otherwise be needed in the home.
The government has a record of
what each man is best fitted for in
civil life. The Ministry of Public
Service which has efficiently com
piled this data has, together with
other official agencies, presented a
list of necessary industries in the
order of what is deemed their im
portance. The first few are called
“key” trades, many of which pro
duce materials needed for use in
other trades. The idea is that it
would be useless to release a lot
of structural steel workers ahead
of the men who produce steel. The
trades list is complete but will not
he announced because of contro
versies it might, arouse.
The fact that a man has a job
awaiting him will not. insure his
early release. The government
would like to be rid of that cli1-'
bnt it cannot handle more than half
the army at one time, hence a rigid
adherence to industrial needs. A
soldier may he a diamond setter
with a job to go to while his trench
mate may be a railway hrakemar
without a job. The brakeman will
lie taken first and given an oppor
tunity to go to work.
It is reasonable to suppose that
railway workmen- if not heading tin
“key” list, are very close to tin
top of it and also that miners art
well up. It is vitally necessary ti
demobilization plans to have the
railways in running order and th»
miners are needed to increase thi
fuel supply for industries and hom<
eomfort. And so on down the long
list until practically every recog
nized trade is included.
When a man has been selected
for discharge he will he sent to n
collection camp, the most of which
Will he in France. He will ther
be sent to a distributing camp ir
England, where he will receive his
allowance for civilian clothing. H<
will be given a month's furlough
which means that h'“ will be or
army pay while getting located ii
new vo k. From this stage tht
ministi. of labor assumes charge
He w'l! have the aid drd co-opera
tion of I oi l employe's, association'
ri d laber u.i ms. Already lonf
lists of - "s o )en to soldiers havi
he'll prepared. It remains for tin
pay .Tnment, e iployett. and union:
t get the job and the man to
go,her.
FIGHTING THE MENACE
U ,;eut appeals to employers o
Me i tna i ->t to attempt to reduce
wajres v.i'e the cost of livintr re
mains abnormally high is contained
in a letter mailed recently by John
H McIntosh state manager of the
Montana Employers Association
.Membership.
“Reconstruction problems are
many and complex,’ he points out,
"but none are more important, more
vital, nor closer to the future of
industry and to the very heart of
the country itself than those re
lating; to labor conditions as well
as those having to do with the
welfare of returning soldiers” writes
Mr. McIntosh.
"Make no effort to reduce wages
or materially change working con
ditions at this time. Wages which
were boosted disproportionately
high because of war conditions must
inevitably come down and fair
minded wage earners recognize this
fact, but to reduce wages before
commodity prices are lowered, to
less* n the pay of the workers be
fore living costs are cheaper, is a
financial and moral wrong and can
mean nothing but economic con
fusion,” continues the letter.
The letter appeals for the restora
tion of all men who entered mili
' tary service to their former jobs.
| wherever this is possible, and ad
vises the employer to study and
work for constructive progress, ex
pressing the opinion that the busi
; ; ess of the future will have four
partners, the employer, the employe,
the executive manager, and the
public.
! Manager McIntosh terms the
i spread of Bolshevism, the greatest
| menace to America and calls on
businessmen to “Spread the gospel
! in every day intercourse that our
j republic is the best on earth, that
like sill human agencies, evil creeps
in, hut that in time these are
; remedied through the ballot and
j that there is no excuse for Bol
j she vism nor a elass government in
I.' merioa."
RELATIVES ARE EAGER
TO RECOVER CASKET
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HAVANA, Cuba.—Relatives of a
• Swinish merchant said to he of nnhlo
birth, who died several years ago
1 after having' amassed a considerable
1 fortune, have asked the Cuban San
itation department for permission
to exhume his body so as to sell the
casket for the metal it contains- as
the family fortune has dwindled
since this founder’s death.
The departmnt ruled that the only
question involved was a moral one
and that there was no law to pre
vent the realtives from reclaiming
and selling the casket.
YOUNG FOLKS ENJOY
HOUSE PARTY AT FOSTER’S
A very successful party was held
last night at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. E. I. Foster in honor of Dor
win Browne, who left on a pilgrim
age to Fairbanks this morning for
a short stay.
Miss Betty Foster acted as host
ess- the others present being Misses
Queenie Russell, Helen Protzman,
Messrs Claude Koeppe, Bruce Hunt
ting and Dorwin Browne.
The young people had a very en
joyable time, not thinking of break
ing up until near time for the
whistle to blow.
Fox farmers on Prince William
Sound report a most successful sen
: son, and probably a thousand skins
> will be shipped from this divisior
before the end of the season.
IN SLAV ARINA
ARCHANGEL-—The seven Ameri
can soldiers who recently received
British decorations for gallantry in
fighting the Bolsheviki along the
Vologda railway front were highly
praised in the official citations.
Lieutenant G. B. Reese, of Mil
ford, N. H., was awarded the Mili
tary Cross for having “reconnoitered
enemy positions and brought back
most useful information which was
greatly instrumental in the success
of the operations on Oct. 14.” The
citation adds that “since joining the
column Lieutenant Reese frequently
had shown great daring- loyalty, per
tinacity, and devotion, and given
a fine example to his troops.”
Sergeant II. G. Hayden, of Athens
Ohio, received the Distinguished
Conduct Medal for the operations on
Oct. 14. His citation says that he
reconnoitered the ground behind the
enemy’s rear positions of which the
British commander had no previous
knowledge. It adds that he always
displayed great initiative, coolness,
devotion, and courage, and was a
fine example to all troops.
Private C. E. Garrett, of Kala
mazoo, Mich., received a Military
Medal. His citation says that “hav
ing no cover, and without thought
of personal danger- he discharged
his duties with coolness and per
tinacity under exceptionally trying
circumstances, setting an admirable
example for all. Private Garrett
also carried R. W. Rickman, whi#
was wounded, back to a place o^
safety under heavy shell fire, saving
Rickman from the hands of the
enemy.”
Private L. L. Hopkins, of Muir,
Ky., was cited for the same reason
as Garret except that he did not
participate in saving Rickman.
Corpora! VV. Shaughnessy, of Do-;
Unit; and Privates .1. P. Wagoned?
of Detroit; and G. Hinman, of Lin
woi-d, Mich., each received the Mili-'
tary Medal for having- the citation
says, “carried the telephone wires
to our most forward position under
heavy machine gun fire. It was
entirely dyie to their devotion and
courage that communication was es
tablished between our troops. Thru*;
out they operations they displayed
loyalty, coolness, and devotion.
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The American ditching machine
and her crew which has been re
cently engaged in helping with the
construction of the big bridge
across the Nenana river at 43-mile
having completed this work, has
boon moved bnck on the line.
It is at present being used as a
piledriver and is driving the last
of the piles for bridge 17.
On completion of this work, the
machine will be moved forward
to bridge 21' the intervening bridges
having already been driven.
Development work which will keep
45 machine crews busy two years
has been laid out at the Ataska
Juncau mine, as a result of the re~
cent visit of President F. W. Brad
ley to .luneau this past summer.
The work is in connection with stop
ing out of the mineral ground lying
between the present stopes of the
Alaska-Juneau and the Gastineau
company holdings on the east. A
geologist has been nearly a year
tracing this lode matter and after
careful checking his opinion has
been endorsed by the company and
the working will proceed.
A Valdez man has been reading
up on the raising of ostriches and in
tends to go into bird farming on an
extensive scale on one of the islands
of. the lower Sound, says the Valdez
Miner. He argues that cold weather
will make the feathers heavier and
the plumes more beautiful. He will
probably have to equip each bird
with snowshoes and a parka.
A Koland stage left Fairbanks
early this morning with the mail foi
Nenana, it also h#d a little freight
consigned to local merchants, but
is carrying no passengers.
The stage will put up at the
Ohio roadhouse tonight’ and may
be expected to arrive in N’enana
tomorrow afternoon.
The Burgess-Karstens automobile
with Harry Karstens at the wheel,
pulled out this morning for Fair
banks from the Terminal Hotel.
The passengers on the auto were
Mrs. W. F. White and baby, Dr.
do la Vergne, and Sylvester Howell.
Membership List
Nenana
Commercial Club
Anderson, Herman
Allred. Mrs. Clara
Budow, A1
Browne, F\ I).
Bresnahan, E. D.
Blankfield, D.
Bowen, J. R.
Blair, Roy
Brooker, Ed
Bennett, .1 F.
Ball, I. B.
Brown, Erie
Burns, Ft. E.
Calderhead, R. W.
Campbell, N. .1.
Cochill, W. A.
Cooney, M. J.
Doner, Frank
Diven, R. J.
Douse, Fred
Davis, Harry
Ekeland, Alf
Funk, A. B.
Fisher, Joe
Flower, J. H.
Foster, Steve
Gagnon, Wm.
IFaslem, H. O.
Hagan, James
Hill, L. W.
Hagen. Hans
Hocy, Andy
Cray, E. B.
Oilcher, W. H.
Hyland, Mike
Isabel, L. C.
Irvine, A. J.
Johnson, A. G.
Jones, Frank
Jacobsen, J. C.
Julian, W. J.
Johnson, Joseph
Jepson, Peter
Joseph, H. B.
Koiand, Knut
Ketooroky, John A.
Laughlin, E. L.
Lund, E. F..
Lehr, Q. F.
Myers, R- R
Moore, Frank B.
Miles, J. H.
McDonald, R. S.
Martin, G. S.
Morris, R. C.
Nash, Martin
O’Keefe. Larry
Parks, S. E.
Pennington, C. W
Palfy, Paul
Packer, W. L.
Ryan, W. A.
Rosburg, Herman
Roth, Andy
Rodickeit, Wm.
Schaeffer, M. A.
Slippern. J. A.
Simson, Lipman
Scott, J. H.
Sellander, C. J.
Stone, A. J.
Schmidt, Pete
Smith, Chas.
Southworth, R- G.
Spira, Frank
Thompson, Thoodore
Toussaint, J G. K
Tyler, M. V.
Taylor, Wm. J,
Van Orsdel, J. C.
Williams, E. A.
Waechter, R. I.
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GERMAN FARMERS ARE
URGED TO ORGANIZE
COPENHAGEN. — The German
Farmers’ Association has issued a
proclamation to the German peas
ants, in which it calls for the estab
lishment of a congress of Farmers’
Councils to take care of the agri
cultural population’s interests, on
full equality of rights with the
Workmen and Soldiers and Civil
Councils. Its proclamation demands
full personal liberty and security
for private property and inherit
ances, and maintenance of all obli
gations of the empire towards the
people, especially the war loan and
the repeal of all land perogatives.
JAPAN NOT CONCERNED
IN LAND SETTLEMENT
TOKIO.—Japan’s attitude at the,
peace conference should be one of j
disinterestedness as far as territorial
gain is concerned, in the opinion of
T. Inukia, the leader of the Koku
minto political party. The states
man said the other day that Japan’s
actions hitherto have been liable to
misunderstanding as possibly acu
ated by territorial ambition, and
Japan should seize the first oppor
tunity to disabuse the world of any
misapprehension.
At the same time, Mr. Inukai
thought it desirable that the United
States and other countries should
freely open their doors for the ad
mission of aliens- thus bringing up
again a question which in the past
has caused considerable negotiations
between the United States and
Japan. With the world’s tendency
toward forming republics it would
be necessary, he said, for the Jap
anese to carefully ponder over the
future of their own country. Japan
could prohibit the import of foreign
books, but she could not prevent
the influx of foreign ideas, danger
ous or otherwise.
Messrs. Hoyt and Ross, who are
running a fox farm on Olson Is
land, rfeport a large increase of
young foxes this season, and expect
to ship a number of fine skins soon.
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