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Friday, September 7, 1951
TROUBLE IN PARADISE,
We note with more than casual interest Governor
Gruening's address before the Alaska Science Con
ference at McKinley Park.
The governor, according to the Associated Press,
expressed himself as being of the belief that the In
terior Department is retarding the growth and pros
perity of the Territory.
Now. far be it from us to dispute such an
obvious truth, although it becomes one of the infre
quent occasions when we find^ourselves in accord with
Governor Grucning in matters of governmental policy. I
We subscribe wholeheartedly to his expressed
belief that the Interior Department is indeed a de
terrent to the Territory's economic development, but
we are intensely curious as to the reasons prompting
his unusual observation.
For unusual it is. Ernest Gruening has long been
an Interior Department man and has long supported
the more than somewhat socialistic projects and poli
cies of that department. And, in turn, the depart
ment has gone to bat for the governor in time of
need.
Having learned the hard way to be suspicious, we
are prone to speculate in the Governor’s motives in
expressing such a sentiment. We are aware that
Dr. Gruening is far too astute a politician for this (
to be dismissed as a slip of the tongue. So there must
be another—and a more practical—reason.
Politicians learn early that it is unwise to bite
the hand that feeds—unless there is a more generous
hand in the immediate offing.
Can this be construed to mean that Gruening J
will not be a candidate for reappointment? Can it ,
mean that relations have become strained between I
the governor and his Washington cronies? Or is
there a better job in sight?
On the optimistic side, we wonder if this could
mark a step to the rlfht. Perhaps the author of
the well known diatribe against private ownership of
utilities has undergone a change# of heart in the
years between publication of "The People Pay" and
today's grabbing campaign by the Bureau of Reclama
tion (another creature of thf sprawling Interior De
partment!.
Or, can it be that ex-Republican Gruening has
repented his ways and contemplates a return to the
GOP fold? We recall speculation along those lines
following the visit of GOP Governor Warren, whom
Gruening described as being ready for better things,
politically. If Warren is destined for a better political
spot, is this, perhaps, a flying leap for the fast
moving bandwagon?
We don't profess to know the answers. But we
certainly are curious.
FAIRBANKS AM) NOME WERE
SLIGHTED
There were injured feelings in Fairbanks as a
-esult of the failure of the Thomas E. Dewey, junket
to visit the interior city.
If Dewey’s intent was to visit the defense proj
ects of the Pacific, as he indicated, his failure to
include important Ladd and Eielson fields in his
itinerary is noteworthy, and people in the interior
city don't understand the oversight.
"A picture of Alaska, from a military and eco
nomic standpoint is far from complete without com
ing into the Interior," said a 'ctter from the
Women's Republican Club of the Fourth. Division
iddressed to Governor Dewey. "Ladd and Eielson
'ields are two of the most important bases in the
Vir Force—both strategically and from the viewpoint
rf Arctic research and testing. You would have found
nir great gold mining operations most intersting and
mu would have enjoyed a visit to America's farthest
'Jorth University, the University of Alaska.
“In short,” the Republican women said, “visiting
Uaska without seeing the Interior is like trying to
(et a comprehensive picture of the United States
without seeing California or the Middle West.” '
Nome people, too, were distressed that the prin
;ipal town of the Second Division should have been
ny-passed on the recent tour of the governors.
The itinerary for Governor Dewey's tour of Al
iska was arranged, we understand by Governor Gruen
ing, Dewey’s host in Alaska.
Equality is something for other people to share.
There are Congressmen for controls if they do
not control profits.
What we don’t know we don’t know but it may
hurt us, just the same.
Hint to Adults: Kind words to children pay divi
dends for many years.
We let the Communist Chink save his face at
Kaesong and what did he do? He stuck his thumb
in the middle of it and waved his fingers at us,
that’s what.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Continued from Page One)
emphasize the strike rather than
the peaceful settlement, because
the strike is the exception. If it
were the rule, it wouldn’t be news
The number of man-days lost
through strikes in the United
States last year was only one hall
of 1 per cent of, the number of
man-days worked?
Most of the time the worker and
his boss get along. In plants all
over the country, they or their
representatives sit across the bar
gaining table and use the tech
niques of collective bargaining that
have been encouraged by the gov
ernment for the last sixteen years.
Since 1935, it has been the pub
lic policy of the United States to
encourage labor and management
to work out their problems through
collective bargaining. That pol
icy, which developed over half a
century, was stated in the Wagner
act and has been restated by Con
gress in subsequent legislation. In
1937, 58 per cent of all strikes
dealt with questions of union or
ganizations and recognition; in
1950, only 19 per cent occurred
over such questions.
The government urges both sides
to sit down and talk things over.
It doesn't force them to agree, but
it urges them to try. The govern
ment can only encourage collec
tive bargaining. Labor and manage
ment have made it work.
They have developed contracts
setting forth the rights and obli
gations of each side. They have
developed unwritten understand
ings that help them meet day-to
day problems without friction.
They have developed the prac
tice of arbitrating disputes over the
interpretation of contracts. If they
can’t settle such a dispute them
selves, they ask an impartial um
pire or board of umpires to set
tle it for them. Over 80 per cent
of collective bargaining contracts
now provide for arbitration.
Collective bargaining has become
the key to industrial peace in the
United States. Collective bargain
ing is what the government is
counting on most heavily in this
critical defense period to keep
stoppages of production at an ab
solute minimum.
The cooperative efforts of labor
and management, however, can
pontribute far more to the defense
effort than a mere reduction of
strikes. The worker and his boss
as a team showed what they could i
do during World War II. i
They can work together to in- i
crease production and get rid of i
the bottlenecks. They can promote 1
plain safety and reduce industrial t
accidents. They can work on prob
lems of absenteeism and bad mor
ale.
They can work together to meet
manpower problems; to get the
right worker in the right job; to
arrange for training; to recruit
women and older workers and
handicapped workers for suitable
defense jobs.
Just as labor and management
have worked together to meet the
problems of the plant, they must
work together to meet the prob
lems of the nation. The preserva-:
tion of the free way of life they
both believe in is a goal that should
bring forth their very best.
And today, while I sit at the
controls, all the brass rings on the
Merry-go-round are theirs. What
matters is not the few instances
in which they have failed, but the ;
many in which they have succeed
ed. What matters is not the ex
ception, but the rule.
And the rule is the peaceful]
settlement of disputes rather than i
strikes; the rule is cooperation;
rather than conflict. That is what
needs to be emphasized in the
United States today. The need is;
for less criticism and more under
standing.
I hope these few brass rings have ]
contributed to that end.
Ten Steps Drew Pearson
Would Take to Improve U. S.
“If I were suddenly hoisted into
the shoes of the President of the
United States, I would not change
much about our fundamental gov
ernment structure,” says Drew
Pearson in the current issue of
Sec magazine. "I would not alter
the system of checks and balances
between the White House, Congress
and the courts. Though the ma
chinery stalls occasionally, the
founding fathers did a good job
when they conceived this system.
"However, I would undertake
some fairly simple moves to make
our government more efficient, j
more honest and more democratic. I
"No. 1: I would abolish letter- !
writing. Tradition says that when ;
a member of Congress writes to
the President he deserves an an- ;
swer. But the burdens of the Pres
idency have so increased that it J
requires all the waking hours of 1
jne man merely to cope with its j
decisions. The President is far too .
rusy to write letters.
"No. 2: I would quit talking off
;he-cuff at White House press con
ferences. The press conference is
in important American institution
ind should be preserved. However,
t should be modified to prevent
residential boners.
“A man occupying this vital po
;ition cannot operate as if he were
i quiz kid, and if I were Presi
lent I would acknowledge the
hrewdness of my newspaper col
eagues and demand written ques
ions.
"No. 3: I would advocate that I
the President's term he limited to
one term of six years. The Amer
ican people do not realize it, but
not long after a president takes
the oath he must begin thinking
about getting re-elected.
"We have got into the habit cf
playing a guessing game as to
whether the President will or will
not run for re-election. The argu
ment is that, if the President ad
mits he does not intend to run,
he loses influence with Congress;
he can keep Congressmen in line
only with the prospect that he will
be in power another four years.
“I do not believe this is true.
I believe that any president who
is far sighted and popular can
hold a firm grip on Congress.
When the people are with him,
Congress cannot afford to be
against him. And the President can
be most effective when he has a
six-year term with no privilege of
re-election.
"No. 4: I would require my staff
to report the names of those from
whom they accept favors. Becau'se
of the power of the White House,
the staff immediately surrounding
the President have become the
most potent group.
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• SEPTEMBER 7 •
• Roberta Bonner •
• Mrs. J. E. Connor •
• Patricia A. Oakes •
• Mrs. William E. Feero •
• Kurt H. Gebauer •
• Colleen Bonner •
• Stephen McPhetres •
• Ann Coleman •
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“No. 5: I would seek to draft
the services of businessmen and
technicians in wartime, as well as
young men for the armed forces.
While the government exercises the
power of life or death over youn
ger men in wartime, it has never
drafted older men even to serve
as technicians and government ex
ecutives.
“Actually, older men are just as
vital to the war effort. But* while
some have patriotically volunteered
to serve their government, many
hae flatly refused. I would also
adopt Bernard Baruch's proposal
to take the profits out of war by
drafting war plants and industrial
profits in wartime.
"No. 6: I would urge that the sen
iority rule in Congress be abol
ished. Few. people realize the pow
er of the Congressional committee,
particularly ot a committee chair
man. I would favor having com
mittee chairmen elected by maj
ority vote, not by seniority.
“No. 7: I would try to fix an
< age-limit for the retirement of
Congressmen. Too many Senators
and Representatives cling to their
seats beyond their age of useful
ness. I would propose that men in
Congress retire automatically at
70. Simultaneously, I would pro
pose both a raise in pay and an
adequate pension for them. I
I would keep check on the inexcus
able absentee record of some
Senators and Representatives, and
urge that they be docked for pro
longed hookey-playing.
“No. 8: I would permit no army
or navy officer to testify before a
Congressional Committee. The con
stitution provided us with a civil
ian form of government and with
civilian secretaries of the army anc,
navy. Despite this, the recent Mac
Arthur hearings have featured a
parade of the high brass testify
ing on political policy. Forcing the
military so to testify is embarras
sing to them and detracts from
their usefulness.
“No. 9: I would advocate that
every member of Congress and
government official drawing $10,000
or more a year be required to file
a public list of his stock and com
modity tradings. Overnight, this
would cut out commodity specula
tion by officials in a position to
influence commodity prices or to
profit by inside information con
cerning them.
“There is nothing wrong with
a congressman or government oS
ficial holding stocks or dealing in
I them. But their transactions should
at all times be subject to public I
scrutiny.
“No. 10: I would favor holding:
political conventions and adopting j
new platforms every two years. In
this modern world, events move far ;
too rapidly for party platform , to |
j be adopted only every four years, j
“Under the present system, we
suffer not only from weak govern- j
! ment but from do-nothing apathy j
| in the last two years of every ad- I
ministration. National political!
conventions adopting new party j
platforms biennially would correct
this situation.
“Furthermore, they would heigh
ten public interest in national pol
itics. Tlie American people I be
lieve, must be kept alert to the!
responsibilities of government if j
our system of democracy — now I
functioning in a semi-Communist j
world—is to live.”
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SEPTEMBER 7, 1931
The outing and hunting party composed of Mr. and Mrs. Glen
Kirkham, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Campbell, Walter Scott and O. F. Rollin:
arrived home from the Taku River district with two moose. They repori
adverse weather during the entire trip. So much rain fell, they said
that all the lowlands were covered with water which in many place:
was too deep to be waded with high boots.
A. E. Goetz, A. Shudshift and Otto Anderson left for Twin Point:
on Admiralty Island to hunt deer.
Edla Holbrook, Lucille Fox, Madeline Riedi, Helen Lynstrom, Cecil:
Cashen, Tom Cashen and John Cashen left Saturday evening on £
camping trip over the Labor Day holiday before the start of school.
William Harkins entered St. Arui’s Hospital yesterday for medica:
treatment.
Albert H. Burton, Mrs. C. Burson, Minnie Sharks, Mabel Oberg
Ravero Oberg, Malcolm Elliott departed for Haines on the steamei
Queen yesterday afternoon.
Ranger Charles Burdick returned to his headquarters here todaj
after an extended cruise of the Juneau district. He went %s far west a:
Sitka and visited intermediate communities.
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The Southeastern Alaska Fair, "bigger and better than ever,'
is due to open Sept. 9 and continue until Sept. 12. On Sept. 9 there
will be awarding of prizes for flowers, garden products, needlework anc
Native arts and crafts. On Sept. 10, a band concert and vaudeville
show; Sept. 11; free child clinic and baby show and on Sept. 12 a'displav
of pies and Kiddies’ Frolic. Hunter’s orchestra will play for dancing.
The U. S. Bureau of Fisheries boat Widgeon left Yes Bay this
morning with 25,000 Colorado brook trout fry for planting in landlockec
lakes in this area, according to officials of the bureau. The planting
is a cooperative effort of the bureau and U. S. Forest Service.
Weather: High, 54; low, 53; showers.
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Daily Lessons in English tv. l. cordon !
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say. “He reopened the matter
again.” Omit AGAIN.
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Ghoul. Pronounce Gool, OO as in
SCHOOL.
often Misspelled: Codicil: cil. not sil.
SYNONYMS: Roadway, liighway, pathway, driveway, thoroughfare,
avenue, street.
WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let u;
increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today's word:
RESPLENDENT; shining with brilliant luster. “He was resplendent with
medals."
| MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA LEE ]
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Q. If a man has been invited to dinner in someone’s home, and
suddenly finds it will be impossible for him to arrive at flit appointed
hour, what is the best thing for him to do?
A. Telephone his host or hostess immediately, explain, and request
that they do not wait for him.
Q. Are the expressions “Gentleman friend” or “boy friend" in good
taste?
A. No. You may speak of a man friend, or “a man who is a friend
of mine.” The expression “boy friend’* is especially bad taste.
Q. Hcrw long before the hour of the wedding ceremony should the
guests arrive?
A. About twenty minutes, and never later than ten minutes, before.
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1. With what sport or game is each of the following terms com
monly associated: <a> bogie; <b) masse; (c) let; <d> balk; (e) mudder?
2. What state of ^he Union has often been called the "Old Dom
inion"?
3. What are the Arabic equivalent of the following Roman numerals
—L, D. and M?
4. What is Africa’s longest river?
5. Does a full piano keyboard begin with one or two white keys?
ANSWERS:
1. (a) Golf; (b) billiards; (c) tennis; <d) baseball; (e) horse
racing.
2. Virginia.
3. 50, 500 and 1,000.
4. The Nile.
5. One white key.
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6. Encountered
9. Allow
12. Corpulent
13. Hewing tool
14. Pulpy fruit
15. Large artery
16. Eel-pot
18. Require
20. Be carried
21. Goad
23. Plunderer
25. Rowing imple
ment
26. -Helper
27. Staff of life
29. Shaft
33. Upright parti
of stairs
S7. Born
88. Loneliness
41. Malarial fever
42. Monkeys
43. Small wave
45. Young: hare
47. Straight
batted ball
60. Exist
61. Former Japa
nese states
man
62. Seed
53. Split pulse
64. County In
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7. Out-door
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9. Ghastly
10. Shirk
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gradually '
17. Verity
19. Friend: French
21. Weep bitterly
22. Equality
24. Insects
28. Ulne entrance
28. Ascend
30. Naive young
woman
31. Rumanian cola
32. Shelter
34. Certainty
35. Supervisor of A
publication
38. Corded cloth
38. Cold dish
39. Musical drama
40. Horizontal
41. Living
44. Drop suddenly
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48. Long narrow
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48. Addition to A
building
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Monday of each month /A\
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