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Monday, December 10, 19ol
BARTLETT WIDENS PARTY RIFT
At last Thursday's Democratic party dinner, Dele
gate Bob Bartlett expressed confidence that the party
would be victorious in the coming elections and pre
dicted further victories in 1954 and “far, far into the
luture."
He went on to rap the conservative element in
the party, remarking that for these there remained
only the Republican party.
We’re sorry that Bob feels that way about mem
bers of his own party. We're sorry that he has so
soon forgotten the wholehearted support he has
enjoyed from this group — who managed to maintain
their confidence in him despite certain of his asso
ciations and political blunders. We’re sorry that Bob
has so far departed from the principles on which the
Democratic party was founded that he, like many
so-called "liberals”, cannot tolerate sincere differences
of opinion on matters of party policy.
This is not the first time that Bob has made
attacks on Ins friends and it is probably not the last.
Bob has apparently made the error so commonly
made by those who have enjoyed high office for con
siderable periods of time — that of imagining himself
indispensable to the people of Alaska. This, as many
wise politicians have found, is not always the case.
The results of the last general election should have
revealed that fact to Bob. Althodgh he was again
seated as delegate, his majority was not nearly as
4ieat as it had been in prior years—indicating that
his once great popularity had waned appreciably.
Bartlett did not endear himself to many South
east Alaska voters when he made his 1950 campaign
trip. Kis unsuccessful attempt to defeat Jim Nolan,
Territorial Senator from Wrangell", proved to be a
political boomerang — whose sting was not lessened
by his later failure to go to bat for his old friend
Lew Williams.
Bob should realize that there arc many of us—
in Alaska and clswhere — who have just as strong
roots in the Democratic party as he has. Perhaps'
stronger and of longer standing than some of those
with whom Bob has chosen to cast his lot. Alaskans
like Bob and respect his ability, but the time is draw
ing near when he will have to make his choice between
representing the people of Alaska or the special inter
ests of Ernest Gruening.
The Democratic party is badly split in the Terri
tory and the delegate's ill-considered remarks caii
only serve to widen the breach to the benefit of the
Republicans.
We hope that Bob will soon drop the role of
errand-boy and again be of real service to the Terri
tory and to his party.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Continued from Page One)
Welfare Conference designated an
American of Yugoslav descent, John
Zvetina, a Chicago attorney, to go 1
to Yugoslavia and make a survey
to see whether CARE packages were
teing distributed without prejudice i
among people of all religions. His j
report was favorable.
To understand the religious situ- I
ation in Yugoslavia, you have to I
remember that for centuries it was |
occupied by Turkish conquerors,
during which time some people
took on the Moslem faith. But at
the time I worked 1n Yugoslavia
light after World War I, Moslems,
Orthodox ■Roman Catholics
lived together in relative harmony.
While that harmony was disrupt- ;
ed by the Hitler occupation, there I
is no reason why, with the release
of the Archbishop, it cannot com- j
pletely return.
Note—U. S. military men agree |
that close cooperation between It- i
aly and Yugoslavia is the most j
important key to the defense of the j
Mediterranean. It ranks in import- !
ance with the defense of west Ger- i
many. The release of Archbishop j
Stepinac, therefore, might bring i
the two countries one step nearer ;
better understanding and a settle
ment of the thorny Trieste prob
lem.
INSIDE MOBILE TAX FRAUD
In all the hullabalooing over who
did or did not prosecute the Ripps
Mitchell income-tax-fraud case in
Mobile, Ala., one important fact
has been overlooked. Real hero
is an obscure Internal Revenue
agent named Robert Cox. who stuck
to the case through thick and thin
until he got a conviction.
Today, when everyone is crying
“graft" at Internal Revenue agents.
I think it's heartening to know
tha Cox and other T-Men on this
case were sent Christmas presents
and offered bribes. They rebuffed
the latter, sent the former back.
They also kept on bird-dogging.
Other unsung heroes who helped
collect $700,000 for Uncle Sam and
put two crooks in Jail, were An
drew Tully, former U. S. Attorney
in Mobile and several Mobile citi
zens who prefer to be nameless.
The full story of what happened
has not been told on the witness
stand of the King tax-probe com
mittee—only a cloudy portion of
it.
John Mitchell, the Justice Depart
ment lawyer (no relation to tax
evader Joe Mitchell) testified that
on Dec. 14 and 21, 1949, he wrote
two memos regarding ways to re
open the Ripps-Mitchell tax case
However, it was more than a
month before that I learned through
the fact that my wife had sent one
of her prize pups to Mobile and we
got to know some people there, that
T-man Robert Cox was so discour
aged over the Ripps-Mitchell cas
that he was about to resign. I had
never heard of Ripps and Mitchell
before but decided to investigate.
NO EVIDENCE TO rttOSECUTE
I called on Turner Smith, chief
assistant to Lamar Caudle of the
Justice Department’s tax division
and told him I had heard that a
lot of gr^ft was mixed up in a tax
case involving two men named
Ripps and Mitchell who had made
several million dollars selling jew
elry to GIs at Army PXs. but
didn't pay taxes.
Smith called his secretary, asked
her if there was a record on a case
involving Sam Ripps and Joe Mitr
chell. She came hack with a card,
from which Smith read a notation:
"r"-' -
It was evident from the way [
Smith read the card that he didn’t ■
know anything about the case. But ;
he sent for the file, then informed !
me that in June or July 1949, Trea
sury and Justice agents conferring [
in Birmingham, Ala., had decided
there was not sufficient evidence :
to prosectute. The Justice Depart
ment man who participated in the
Birmingham conference, incident
ally, was John Mitchell, who later— i
in December 1949—decided there
were grounds for prosecution.
I told Turner Smith I had heard
there was much more to the case
than he realized and, after some
long-distance telephoning, I sent i
Jack Anderson of my staff to Mo
bile and Birmingham.
He came back with some amazing j
evidence. But before he came back,
and while he was in Birmingham,
.U. & 1Attoisvn<JqlS¥'< Hill* par- j
turbed over Anderson's queries and
telephoned James Mclnerny, now '
chief of the Justice Department's
criminal division, warning him that
the Merry-Go-Round was looking
into the Ripps-Mitchell case.
This call took place on or about
Nov. 29, 1949, well before John
Mitche','c December memos that
he four.,-; r.ew means of prosecution.
BOOKS DISAPPEARED
Simultaneously, I phoned Lamar
Caudle that I thought some new
evidence had turned up in the
Ripps-Mitchell case, and a few days
later, on Dec. 5, Anderson and I
had a conference with Caudle, Tur- :
ner Smith and John Mitchell.
One of the things we told Caudle
was the whereabouts of the Ripps
Mitchell bookkeeper, Mrs. Inez Zuck.
erman Sacher. The Ripps-Mitchell
books had mysteriously disappeared j
after T-Men started working on the
case, and this disappearance of vi- |
tal evidence, according to the law
yers, weakened the case.
However, we suggested to Cauqlle
that Mrs. Sacher could ba called
as a witness to testify first hand
regarding the Ripps-Mitchell books,
thus making it unnecessary to pro
duce them. Caudle said this was
an excellent idea, and phoned me
several times during subsequent
weeks to say that the case was be
ing pushed.
There was no question but that
Congressman Frank Boykin of Mo
bile was pulling every wire he could
to stop the case. I wrote about it
at the time. But Boykin always
does pull wires, and he’ll keep on
pulling wires as long as he's a
Congressman. Later I'll write about j
another case which he tried to |
stop.
Sure, Let the U. S.
Do It All; Expense
Cut of UN Opposed
PARIS, Dec. 10—JP—The United
States has asked the United Nations |
for an immediate cut of her share
of U N. costs — and ran into vehe- j
inent opposition from the Soviet i
Bloc.
U.S. Delegates John M. Vorys had
suggested a reduction from 36.90 to
33.33 percent, arguing that no single
country should be asked to pay
more than one third of the costs
for running the world organization
in normal times.
J. E. Chtcherbatyouk, of the So
viet Ukraine, attacking the U.S.
proposal, said the U.S. contribution |
"should not be reduced but on the
contrary considerably increased.”
He complained that the "current
trade policy of the United States
and its embargo on trade between
the United States, the Soviet Union
and the people's democracies” was
making it very difficult for the
Soviet Bloc to earn dollars.
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Information Given
On Xmas Tree Cuts
Inquiries about the right to cut
Christmas trees from lands acces
sible to the Glacier Highway are
oeing received by the Forest Service.
Ranger Clyde P. Maycock, of the
Admiralty Division therefore has
issued the following information.
Trees for home use of the person
cutting, or for churches or frat
oeral organizations, can be cut from
National Forest land without prior
approval of the Forest Officer, pro
vided the trees are not cut from
any point within 100 feet of the
road, or from designated recreation
al areas, such as Auke Village area.
The purpose of this restriction is
Vq. help preserve the natural beauty
of the Glacier Highway. Uncontroll
ed cutting over a period of years
would seriously mar the appearance
of the roadside.
Persons cutting trees are request
ed to make sure they are satis
fied with a particular tree before
it is cut. It is obvious that many
trees could be wasted by being cut
and then discarded in favor of a
desirable one found later.
Christmas tree cutters should also
remember that many tracts of
privately-owned land border the
highway, and that the first Nation
al Forest land to be crossed by the
road is located seven miles from
Juneau. There are large portions
of the land bordering Glacier High
way beyond Mile 7 also privately
owned. Permission to take trees
from privately-owned areas must,
of course, be obtained from the
owner. The Forest Service person
nel, will gladly give advice on
whether or not a particular tract
is National Forest land. The Ad
miralty Division offices are lo
oted at the subport.
Cutters planning to sell Christ
mas trees must secure a permit
from the Forest Service before' any
cutting is done and the operations
must be conducted in accordance
with the timber sale requirements
of the Forest Service. A charge
of five cents per tree is made, with
a minimum sale of three dollars.
There are practically no areas
adjacent to Juneau on National
Forest land that contain suitable
Christmas trees in substantial
numbers. Some of the best areas
of Christmas trees are on the
Mendenhall flats outside of the re
creation area.
DECEMBER 10
Trevor Dnvis '
Edward A. Johnson
Ed Erstad
William F. Kelly
H. E. Smith
Gerald Magorty
Leana Orterman
Eleanor Helen Hinke
Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather conditions and tempera
tures at various Alaska points also
on the Pacific Ca.vst; at 4:30 a.m.,
120th Meridian Time, and released
by the Weather Bureau are as
follows:
Anchorage . 22—Partly Cloudy
Barrow ... 24—Clear
Cordova 39—Rain
Dawson . 10—Cloudy
Edmonton ... 30—Partly Cloudy
r airbanks . 10—Cloudy
Haines. 36—Fog
Havre . 30—Cloudy
Juneau Airport .42—Rain
Annette Island . 46—Rain
Kodiak 40—Cloudy
Kotzebue . 25—Partly Cloudy
McGrath . 1—Snow
Nome . 9—Cloudy
| Northway . 23—Partly Cloudy
Petersburg . 42—Rain, Fog
| Portland .31—Partly Cloudy
! Prince George . 32—Snow
; Seattle . 38—Cloudy
. Whitehorse . 32—Partly Cloudy
j Yakutat . 38—Rain
Community Events
TODAY
At 7 p.m.—Badminton club meets
in high school gym.
At 7:30 p.m.—First aid class to be
organized in room 3, high school.
Public invited.
At 8 p.m.—American Legion post
meets in Dugout.
December 11
At noon—Rotary club meets at
Baranof.
At 7:30 p.m.—Doubleheader basket
ball in high school gym.
At 8 p.m.—Odd Fellows meet in
IOOF Hall.
At 8:45 p.m.—Community Night for
Adults at Teen Age club with
square dancing.
December 12
At noon—Kiwanis club meets at
Baranof.
At 7:30 p.m—Scottish Rite degree
work, 10th to 13th degrees.
At 8 p.m.—Elks Lodge.
December 13
At noon—Chamber of Commerce
meets at Baranof Hotel.
At 8:45 p.m.—Juneau Singers re
hearsal in high school music
room, Sixth Street entrance.
December 14
At 6:30 p.m.—Scottish Rite dinner
followed by regular meeting and
conferring 14th degree.
At 8 p.iry— Swinging Squares dance
for 7th, 8th and 9th grades at
Parish Hall.
December 15
At 3:30 p.m.—Juneau Singers dres'
1 rehearsal at 20th Century The
atre.
December 16
At 2:30 p.m.—Christmas concert b>
Juneau Singers at 20th Century
Theatre.
December 17
1 At noon—Lions Club meets in Bar
anof Hotel.
At 8 p.m. — Eebekah Past Noble
Grand’s Christmas party at home
of Mrs. Fred Schindler.
December 19
At 8 p.m.—Christmas operetta “The
Shepherd’s Christmas" by com
bined youth choirs at Methodisi
church.
FROM ANCHORAGE
Gerald Olson of Lytle and Green
contractors, from Anchorage is at
the Baranof Hotel.
THESE WOMEN!
By d’AIessio j
m
j
*‘0-o-c-ch! Then is THIS size ILlegal?”
20 YEARS AGO the empire j
DECEMBER 10, 1931
Mrs. George Shaw was recuperating nicely after turgery at St.
Ann’s Hospital.
The mid-week dance at the Moose Hall, with Harry Brandt's orchestra
furnishing the music, was well attended and thoroughly enjoyed. Mrs.
H. Thibodeau and S. Tranuff were awarded the door prizes.
Miss Margaret Pimperton, Lee Thoma and Lucile Pepoon were
hostesses at an informal taffy pull the previous night. In a peanut
hunt Madeliene Reldi received first prize for the most, and Margery
Fox, consolation prize for the least. Edla Holbrook was the winner of
a modelling contest, and Mae Fraser and Mona Carlson were winners in
a "stunt" contest.
Charles Miller, purser of the steamer Admiral Evans, was taken
seriously ill with acute appendicitis when the steamer was lour hours
out of Ketchikan. Capt. Charles Graham turned the steamer about and
took Miller back to Ketchikan, where he successfully underwent an
emergency operation.
Garnick’s Grocery was featuring a gallon can of wild huckleberries
(enough for four pies), for 50 cents.
E. M. Goddard had been designated by Ralph Reeser, Department
Commander of the American Legion, to act as transportation officer
lor Southeast Alaska, to arrange special rates for delegates to the De
partment’s 1932 convention to be held in Fairbanks.
Weather: High, 38: low. 27: clear.
Daily Lessons in English w. l. Gordon \
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WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Avoid the use of “Aren't I.” This is
an ungrammatical affectation. Instead, say "Am I not.”
OfTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Maniacal. Pronounce ma-ni-a-kal,
first A as in AH unstressed. I as in NIGH, accent second syllable.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Rabbit (animal). Rabbet (a groove).
SYNONYMS: Shout, scream, call, clamor, exclaim, yell.
7TORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us
increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word:
j MAXIM; a general truth; especially a saying ol a proverbial nature.
i “His words have become a maxim.” ,
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'| MODERN ETIQUETTE Roberta LEE
Q. Is it proper to wipe off the tableware in a restaurant with the
ftiapkin?
A. Certainly not! This is an act insulting to any reputable
I proprietor and usually inexcusable. If you do happen to get hold
1 of a “doubtful" piece of silver, quietly call the waiter's attention to it
and have it replaced.
I Q. When stopping to speak to a woman of his acquaintance, what
'hand should a man use to take off his hat?
A. His left hand, which leaves his right hand free to shake hands
I if the woman should offer her hand.
Q. Does the host who is doing the carving at the dinner table
I perform this task while seated or standing?
i A. Whichever way he prefers.
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MODERN ETIQUETTE
by
ROBERTA LEE
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LOOK and LEARN a!c.GORDON 11
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1. What are considered the two most difficult letters of the alpha
bet to distinguish over the telephone?
2. How is the area of any circle computed?
3. In which U. S. state is each of the following: (a) Coulee Dam
<b> Oak Ridge, <c) Soo Canal, <d> Grand Canyon?
4. What type of beer is symbolized by a goat?
5. How many acres are there in a square mile?
ANSWERS:
1. The letters "F" and “S."
2. By multiplying the square of its radius by 3.1416 (pi).
3. < a > 'Washington, (b> Tennessee, ic> Michigan, (d) Arizona.
4. Bock beer.
(140.
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5.
EMBARRASSING MOMENTS
■‘My Most Embarrassing Moment”
urned out to be just that for a
lumber of Lions who had forgotten
he program assignment this noon
(t a regular Lions Club meeting at
he Baranof Hotel. The program
;as in charge of Les Avrit.
"Webb Trimble, John Gibbs and
Elarence Foster were initiated by
,Ves Overby assisted by Milt Fur
tess and A1 Ransome.
Daryl Roberts of the Bureau of
Reclamation was a guest.
COMPTON-HOUSLEY CEREMONY
Mary Lucille Compton, of Reno,
Nev., and Glen K. Housley, of Val
dez, were married by U. S. Com
missioner Gordon Gray in his of
fices today.
BOB HELGESON HOME
Robert Helgeson, son of Mrs.
Gertrude Boggan who is studying
medicine at Stanford University, is
home for the holidays.
Crossword Puzzle
ACRpSS
1. Strike noisily
5. Genus of
maples
9. Buddhist pillar
12. Toward the
sheltered
side
13. New star
11. Negro of the
Niger delta
I,'.. Tardy
16. l’ertaining to
the first man
IS. Siamese coins
19. Masculine
nick name
20. Ascent
21. Itussian wagon
23. Flushed with
success
25. American
humorist
26. While
27. Hold a session
28. Accomplish
29. Barrier in a
stream
31. Department:
abbr.
33. 100 square
meters
35. Fleur-de-lis
37. Pronoun
3S. Action at law
41. Luminous en
velope sur
rounding the
sun
43. Salad plant
45. American
Indians
46. Mark aimed
at in curling
48. Hebrew meas
ure
49. Substance
Solution of Saturday's Puzzle
51. Neck covering
52. Greek letter
53. Gaelic
54. Egyptian sun
disk
55. FiW?Tk in wool
56. Antlered
animal
57. As Chaucer
spelled learn
DOWN §
1. Tree which
2. Winged
3. Irritated
4. Web-footed
birds
5. The pineapple
6. System of
signals
7. Escapes by
subterfuge
8. Male sheep
9. Lawful
10. Humbled
11. City in Ohio
17. Angry
22. Street urchm
24. Burdened
30. Kind of shad
32. One of an
order of
mammals
33. Keenness of
intellect
34. Revolve
36. Cutting wit
37. Hanger-on
39. Equalizer for a
vehicle
40. Placid
42. Put new soles
on shoes
44. Pertaining to
houses
47. Facility.
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Meeting Every Wednesday at 8
P.M. Visiting brothers welcome.
LeROY WEST, Exalted Ruler.
W. H. BIGGS, Secretary.
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Moose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meetings Every Friday
Governor—
LOREN CARD
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANSEN
Taku Post No. 5559
V. F. W.
Meeting every Thursday in
the Jeep Club at 8:00 p.m.
N A S If
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