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Fourth Avenue Bldg.. Seattle. Wash.
Friday, November 9, 1951
A HARD-WORKING COMMITTEE
Whatever the final outcome of Delegate Bartlett's
bill to bring about a final settlement of Alaska native
land claims, we may be sure that here was one piece
of important legislation that received the careful and
intelligent consideration it deserved.
In the past week, the flying five-man Congression
al committee has conducted hearings on this vita
subject in Anchorage. Fairbanks. Kotzebue, Nome,
Kodiak and Juneau. Today they go to Sitka ana
will conclude their mission at the close of tomorrows
hearing at Ketchikan.
Delegate Bob Bartlett and ANS Director Hugh
Wade accompanied the croup on their trip and par
ticipated in the hearings. The committee, headed by
Representative Chester McMullen (Di of Florida, in
cluded Representatives Frank T. Bow, iR> Ohio, Nor
ris Poulson, 'Rt California. Wayne N. Aspinall, tD'
Colorado, Wesley D'Ewart, <R> Montana, and former
Congressman Prest- n Peden of Oklahoma, who served
as legal counsel for the body.
If yesterday’s session was at all representative
of the work these men have done since Monday, all
Alaska is deeply indebted to them. At the close of a
strenuous ten-month grind in Washington; at a time
when most Congressmen were making tracks for their
home districts for recreation and fence-mending; these
men consented to undertake an arduous journey in
search of facts. And we're certain that their work
has been fruitful and that they leave the Territory
well equipped to deal with a difficult and perplexing
problem.
Despite a wide divergence of views cn the question
of aboriginal claims, all participants in the Juneau
I hearings went away satisfied tha|they had been heard
fairly qnd intelligently and that their testimony
had been received in a spirit of sincere cooperation.
The importance of this legislation cannot be
overestimated. That no clear title exists to the greater
part of Alaska's land has long proven a barrier to
the development of the Territory. Venture capital,
sorely needed for Alaska’s industrial growth, is wary
of sizeable investment in property of dubious title.
Until such time as all native land claims are finally
adjudicated, we can look for little in the way of
industrial development.
The hard and painstaking effort exerted by the
committee in these last few days is to be commended.
Wc hope that the legislation will be as carefully
considered by their colleagues in the Congress when
it comes up for debate.
VIEWS AND REVIEWS
■Michael V. IHSalle. Price Stabilizer:
"Our objective must be to keep from Increasing
prices and to reduce them wherever possible."
Bertram Russell, author:
"If democracy prevails, there will ultimately be
no poverty, no war and there will be a general dif
fusion of liberty.'
Kwaja Nazimuddin, Prime Minister of Pakistan:
"We have no enmity with any country in the
world.”
Dean Aclieson, Secretary of State:
"We can do whatever is necessary to defend our
selves and still be a long way from bankruptcy.”
Thomas Desmond. N. Y. State Senator:
“One of the fundamental weaknesses of our demo
cratic system (is) the financing of political paitics
through favors.”
Harry S. Truman, to Senator Robert A. Taft, of Ohio:
"I see you have thown your hat in the ring and
I suppose you will have all the fun that goes with that
sort of a decision.”
Paul S. Cadbury, British Quaker, after visiting Russia:
"The Russians have a fairly high standard of
living: about the equivalent of that in England.” .
New York Times editorial:
"This nation has to take a multi-billion-dollar
sock in the economic solar plexus.”
Paul R. Porter, U. S. Special representative in Europe:
"No bureaucracy has enough self-control to keep
from getting heavy at the waist-line.”
C. L. Sulzberger, American newspaper man, in Eng
land:
“There do not appear to be any basic issues be
! tween the Conservatives and Labor on the eve of
Britain’s general election.”
! Howard A. Rusk, doctor:
"The 16,000 doctors of veterinary medicine in the
! United States play important roles in protecting man
j against diseases.”
Bernard Nath, chairman, Executive Committee, Anti
Defamation League of B'Nai B'Rith:
j "The fight against the filibuster is the fight-to
restore democracy to the Senate.”
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
vContinued from Page One)
greatest issue in the world and
that we can achieve peace only
through strength, the general added
something to this effect: "Every
time I look at the picture of my
grandchildren, I know how every
thing else is unimportant."
Truman added something to the
effect that he would go to bat for
Eisenhower on whatever he needed
to do the job in western Europe.
After Ike left town, someone
asked George Allen: "When do
you think Eisenhower will announce
}ris intentions?"
"You know I don't badger Ike
about politics,” replied Allen in his
Mississippi drawl. "I just play cards
and joke with him. But if I were
to go way out on a limb, I would
say on the second ballot.”
This somewhat inconclusive com
ment was interpreted as meaning i
that Eisenhower would run, but
only at the last minute. He cannot
leave Europe until sometime next
spring. The rearmament program
is dragging and he feels he cannot
launch a political career until he
has the job reasonably well under
way.
Whether Republican politicians,
now eyeing the Taft bandwagon, can
wait until “the second ballot”— in
other words until the last minute
before the Republican convention
—remains to be seen.
However, Eisenhower did reveal
to at least one friend during his
Washington visit that on diplomatic
issues he sided with the Republi
cans in that he felt that Washing
ton needed a housecleaning. But on
foreign policy he said he sided with
the Democrats. In fact, he went so
far as to indicate that if Senator
Taft was the Republican nominee,
he Eisenhower, would not only not
support him but might even consid
er running against him as a Demo
crat.
Rather sadly, President Truman
told new Democratic Chairman
Prank McKinney that ' friends'’ had
let him down.
The comment came after the
President urged Hoosier banker Mc
Kinney to clean house in both the
Democratic party and administra
tion. "I might have to step on the
toes of some of your friends, Mr.
President,” McKinney replied.
“I’m loyal to my friends,” said
Truman, then unhappily added:
“tut some ol them have let me
down. You have my complete confi
dence and do what’s needed for the
good of the party, regardless of
whose toes you step on.”
COP AND TAX SCANDALS
The cue has gone out t# Repub
Moan speakers across the country
to fan the flames of the Internal
Revenue scandals into a hot polit
ical issue for 1902. To supply the
ammunition, the Senate GOP policy
committee has done a painstaking
research job, which will be sent
out for the confidential use of Re
publicans.
This eight-page research pamph
let goes into the case histories of
27 officials who are linked directly
or indirectly with the Internal Re
venue scandals. It also gives help
ful hints on how to slant the scan
dals in order to embarrass the Tru
man administration. Here are some
sample quotes, which the pamphlet
suggests to Republican speakers:
“The Bureau of Internal Revenue,
with all the power it exercises over
the most intimate financial affairs
of the public, should be a citadel
of integrity. But the dishonest acts
of the Truman Administration ap
pointees ar; discrediting it in the
minds of the people,” the confiden
tial GOP pamphlet charges.
"What brought this sorry state
of affairs to the bureau, which for
so long was held in wide acclaim
and was a stronghold of public
confidence?” demands the pamph
let. "Nearly twenty years of en
trenched government sowed the
seeds of corruption. The Truman
administration is reaping now the
fruits of its own abuse of political
power.
"One bevy of political hacks,
chiselers and ward heelers has suc
ceeded another in top-flight jobs
within the agency,” the confiden
tial GOP instruction continues.
"Generosity in political campaign
contributions has been the open
sesame for incompetents to aspire
and obtain jobs. . .The Truman ad
ministration has sired the corrup
tion of the tax collection agency
by the intrusion of a brand of pol
itics which makes no distinotion be
tween political loyalty and integ
rity.”
CLEAN-UP MAN
The GOP campaign letter also at
tacks the man Truman appointed to
clean up the Internal Revenue Bu
reau—Commissioner John Dunlap.
“There is nothing on the record
to show that there would have been
any attempt at a clean-up within
the Bureau, except for outside prod
ding,'’ declares the GOP brochure.
"It was not until after several cases
had been exposed to the public view
that the commissioner of Internal
Revenue, John Dunlap, on October
3 ordered an investigation of the
tax returns of all officials and en
forcement officers of the bureau.
Dunlap was confirmed by the Sen
ate several months before on July
18.” —_
Note—the truth is, Dunlap began
the clean-up the moment he was
appointed. However, he tried to do
McLaughlin Elecied to
Office af Interstafe
ESC Conference
Three Alaskans attended a recent
interstate conference of employment
security agencies which was held
in Miami Beach, Fla. Ralph Rivers,
chairman of the Alaska ESC, re
turned to his home in Fairbanks
early this week and Art Hedges,
director of the employment service
division, returned here yesterday.
John T. McLaughlin, acting exec
utive director of the Alaska ESC,
is due back Sunday. He was
elected vice president of Region 13,
which includes Washington, Oregon,
! Idaho and Alaska. This is the first
time that an Alaskan has been
elected to this office.
Committee Is 'Hard
Working Outfit'
Major Steve Donegan from Gleen
wooct Springs, Colo., now of Uncle j
j Sam's Air Force, who has flown I
many visiting delegations around
Alaska during the past year, paid j
high compliment to the House of (
,Representatives subcommittee which
he flew here yesterday.
Said the Major, “They’re the1
hardest working bunch we’ve flown.
When they say they're going to take
off at 7 a.m., they’re at the air- ,
port 20 minutes to seven. And I
know they’ve had hearings up un- ]
til 11 p.m. the night before;’’ • .
his housecleaning quietly and keep
it out of the press.
MERRY-GO-RDl'M) PIONEERED
The interesting thing about the j
27 case histories, prepared by the
j GOP policy committee, is that they J
are headed by Daniel A. Bolich,
formerly No. 2 man in the Internal
Revenue Bureau, who requested
re-assignment last August because i
of his “health." However, no oiticial
charges have been made againstj
Bolich, and the GOP research guide
underlines this tact to keep Repub
lican speakers out of a law suit.
Of Bolich, the GOP states: “In
cluded only because during revela
tions of irregularities, Bolich re
quested reassignment for reasons
of health, August 14, 1951. . .No
charges have been made against
Bolich.” These were the only un
derlined passages in the pamphlet.
Thus the pamphlet has laid down
the line that GOP speakers will be
following on the soapbox circuit.
Note—This column began inves
tigating the Internal Revenue Bu
reau three years ago, W'as the first
to expose the tax scandals that led
to the dismissal of Collectors James
j W- Johnson in New York City and
James Smythe in San Francisco.
NOVEMBER 9
Paul W. Tnlkington
Mrs. Frank F. Rouze
Charles J. Jenne
I. M. Johnson
Rodney Nordling
Dean Williams
Hazel Kirmse
Alfred Brown
Reggie Kleweno
Betty Kelsey
Mary Estes Lee
Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather conditions and tempera
tures at various Alaska points also
on the Pacific Coast at 4:30 a.m.,
120th Meridian Time, and released
by the Weather Bureau «re as
follows:
27—Clear
. 15—Snow
. 29—Fog
. 36—Rain
24— Cloudy
... 33—Partly Cloudy
25— Cloudy
Airport
Anchorage
Barrow
Bethel
Cordova ..
Dawson ..
Edmonton
Fairbanks
Haines .
Havre.
Juneau
Annette Island
Kodiak
McGrath .
Kotzebue .
Nome .
Northway -
Petersburg.
Portland
Prince George
Seattle .
Whitehorse ..
Yakv'.at -
39— Cloudy
36— Cloudy
40— Cloudy
35—Clear
37— Cloudy
25—Cloudy
18—Cloudy
30—Rain j
. -7—Clear
37—Cloudy
43—Fog
.. 30—Clear ]
45—Rain I
24—Cloudy j
.. 36—Rain i
Community Events
TODAY
At 7 pan. — Annual public Turkey
Shoot of Elks starts in Lodge
rooms.
At 9:15 p.m.—Party for all Juneau,
Douglas teen agers at Moose Ledge
with special dance music, enter
tainment.
November 10
From 2 to 5 p.m.—Annual fall tea
and bazaar by Guild of Holy Trin
ity church in undercroft.
At 8:30 p.m. — Sourdocey Square
Dance in Parish Hall. n,
November 11
At 2 p.m.—Dedication ceremony of
Memorial Library. , i
November 12 ,
At 6 p.m.—American Legion and
Auxiliary dinner at dugout.
From 7:30 to 9 p.m. — ‘Back to
School" night and open house in
all class rooms in high, grade and
various churches. i,.''
November 13
At. noon—Rotary Club meets in
Baranof Hotel.
At 8:30 p.m.—Community Center
Night for Adults at Teen Age
club with square dancing.
November 14
At noon—Kivvanis club meets at
Baranof.
At 8 p.m.—Elks Lodge.
November 15
At noon — Chamber of Commerce
meets at Baranof.
At 7:30 p.m.—City Council meets.
At 8 p.m.—VFW post meets in Jeep
club.
November 16
At 8 p.m. — Rebekah Past Noble
Grands meet at home of Mrs
Fred Schindler.
8 Arrive; 1 Leave
On PNA Thursday
Eight arrived from the westward
yesterday on Pacific Northern Air
lines and 16 flew out.
From Anchorage: Don Lorentzen,
A. Stewart, Capt. Hines, W. H.
Scott, R. Schanbacher, Jim Mc
Grather. R. B. Clifton.
From Yakutat: L. Ness.
To Anchorage: Roy Sumpter,
Res; Williams, Don Irvin, Tom Ap
pleton. Charles Wilson, Ellis Jer
sey, Lt. H. M. Kelsey, W. C. Stump,
Dave Rosetta.
To Cordova: Walter Hodge, Henry
Benson, Robert Boochever.
To Yakutat: Lewis Tibbits, Comdr.
Schleiter, Helen Bremner, Lorraine
James.
Fred Greenewald
Honored with
Luncheon Shower '
Miss Freda Greenewald, who is
soon to be married to Joseph Bor
chick, was honored with a luncheon
shower yesterday in the Iris Room
of the Baranof Hotel.
Co-hcstesses were Miss Erma
Wainner and Mrs. Chester Zimmer
man.
Miss Greenewald was presented
with sterling silver matching her
chosen pattern.
Attending were Miss Greene wald’s
mother, Mrs. Robert Greenewald,
Mesdames Dick Hoyez, Leonard
Lowell, Kenneth Sheldon*
Batchelar, Gerald Allen, Robert
Templeton, Paul Schnee, and Miss
Inger Eide.
20 YEARS AGO $JTB
EMPIRE
NOVEMBER 9, 1931
If the Alaska Railroad was to prosper and function as the carrier
of freight to interior Alaska it would have to reduce its rates, declared
H. F. Morton, President of the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, who
was enroute to Washington to represent Anchorage in an effort to
obtain lower rates and to get a Congressional appropriation for a Fed
eral Building there.
Mr. and Mrs. David Davis announced the engagement of their
daughter, Sigrid Irene, to Mr. Edward John Dull, son of Mr. and Mrs.
George Dull of Juneau. The wedding was to to be in Parish Hall,
November 21.
Miss Edla Holbrook entertained with three tables of bridge at her
home in Douglas. Prizes for high score went to Miss Roberta Fraser
and James McNaughton, and consolations to Mrs. Elton Engstrom and
Chester Zimmerman.
A son was born fo Mrs. Thomas Miettinen this morning at St. Ann’s
Hospital. .
After completing its annual cruise in central and southwestern
Alaska waters, the Seal, Capt. J. O. Sellevold, of the Alaska Game Com
mission, had returned to Juneau. The Seal was to remain here possibly
through the winter.
Offices, stores and schools were to be closed in observance of
Armistice Day. No special exercises were planned for the day, but a
boxing match followed by a dance in Elks’ Hall was being sponsored
by the American Legion pest.
Weather: High, 44; low, 39; cloudy.
by
W. L. GORDON
Daily Lessons in English
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “These facts are universally
known by all.” Omit either UNIVERSALLY or BY ALL.
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Facile. Pronounce fas-il, A as in
FAST, I as in ILL, accent first syllable.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Confectionery: ERY, not ARY.
SYNONYMS, Untruth, deceit, deceitfulness, deception, lie, falsehood,
fabrication, prevarication.
WORD STUDY: "Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us
increase our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word:
SOPHISTRY; deceptively subtle reasoning or argumentation. (Pronounce
sof-is-tri, O as in SOFT). “No amount of sophistry will make me think
differently.”
MODERN ETIQUETTE Roberta lee
Q. Would it be all right to have two maids of honor, both of tehrr.
dressed in white?
A. This is quite all right, if you wish. Usually, however, only the
bride is dressed in white. But in some summer weddings, an all-white
wedding is extremely effective. Of course, the bridesmaids never wear
veils of any kind.
Q. When a man is dancing with a girl, and another man “cut!
in” on him, is it all right for him to cut back on that man in a few
minutes?
A. Never; however, it is all right for him to cut on a third man
if he wants to, and especially if he is giving the girl “a rush.”
Q. Should a woman, staying at a hotel, wear a hat into the dining
room?
A. Yes.
LOOK and LEARN a( c. GORDON
1. What canal carries ships around Niagara Falls?
2. If the drink made from the juice of apples is called cider, what
is the drink made ffom the juice of pears called?
3. What is the longest river in France?
4. In what opera by Mozart is the story of Don Juan told?
5. What is a cortege?
ANSWERS:
1. Welland Canal.
2. Perry.
3. The Loire.'
4. Don Giovanni.
5. A procession, or train of attendants.
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Crossword Puzzle
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4. Entrance
8. Other
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16. Thick
18. College degree
19. Repair
21. Cleaning im
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22. Crain
23. Higher
24. Purpose
26. Speed contest
28. Crafty
30. Opening
32. Highways
35. Opposite of 15
Across
37. However
39. Let it stand
4<». Sewer
4 2. Penpoint
44. Malt liquor
45. Period of time
47. Part of an ear
of corn
49. English letter
50. Mimic
52. Large tub
54. Flog
50. Exist
67. Leaf of a
corolla
69. American lake
61. Tribe of Israel
63. Effort *
65. Ireland
66. Location
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20. Excavate
22. Lasso
23. Second-hand '
25. Spring month
27. Kind ot
lettuce
29. Famous
violinist
91. Write
33. Erasure
34. Stalk
36. Cravat '
38. Nervous
twitching
41. Body of a
church
43. Cut short
46. Charges
48. Vegetable
60. Competent
51. Equal
53. Cab
55. Operatic solo
57. Ornament of
dress
69. Allow
60. Finish
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W. H. BIGGS, Secretary.
Noose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meetings Every Friday
Governor—
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Secretary—
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Taku Post No. 5559
V. F. W.
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