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Wednesday, December 26, 1951
OBLIGATIONS OF THE PRESS
In the December issue of Cosmopolitan maga
zine, MacArthur’s intelligence chief, Major Genera)
Charles A, Willoughby, complains that a number ol
the nation’s top newspapermen "appeared to go out
of their way to create defeatist thought patterns in
their readers and to belittle the country’s armed
services.”
Gen. Willougrby's bitter accusation of giving aid
and comfort to the enemy was directed at Hanson
Baldwin of the New York Times. Hal Boyle of the
Associated Press, Drew Pearson and others. Writers
who had not been too critical of the job Willoughby
had done as intelligence chief were praised as being
balanced and accurate in their writings.
Without going into the merits of what these
writers have had to say about General Willoughby or
what they have written about the armed forces, we
are thankful that we do have reporters in this
country who report the facts as they see them instead
of shouting, when they know it isn’t true, that all
our generals are the best — our equipment the best—
our training the best and so forth.
It is true, as Willoughby indicates, that it hurts
the morale of the combat soldier to learn that his
leadership or equipment is not the best. Realizing
this then, should a writer who has information that
some brie is asleep at the switch reveal this information
to the puplic in the hope that public opinion will
generate action, or remain silent for fear that his
attempt to give the truth will cause some GI at the
front to lose confidence in his weapons and. as a
result, become less effecive?
Acually. what appears in a new-spaper has little
effect on the average soldier as far as augmenting or
diminishing his confidence in any particular weapon
or leader. A soldier gains or loses confidence in
men and materiel by personal observation of per
formance in combat.
During World War II, the average frontline in
fantryman realized that the German automatic
weapons were better than ours. The infantryman
also knew that tank for tank, our tanks were not
as good as the German tanks in support of the in
fantry. The combat infantryman was very interested
in getting this information back to the people in
the United States so that every effort could be made
to provide better weapons.
Suppose that a newspaper man in Korea should
find that after this country had fought in Korea for
ibout a year and a half, our automatic weajxins were
still inferior to those used by the German Army
in 1944 and 1945? Should he remain silent, fearing
that if he speaks out some soldier will lose con
fidence in his machine gun? Or should he bring
this matter to the attention of the American public
in the hope that public opinion could get a better
machine gun for this soldier, which would then in
turn boost his morale?
In a country where the press is I roe, reporters
often .bring out the truth when the public would
otherwise remain uninformed. This advantage and
safeguard has been found to outweigh the disad
vantages sometimes encountered in critical reporting,
such as General Willoughby complains of. Whether
the General's appraisal is right or wrong, there is J
no way to shackle the press a little bit. Once con- j
trolled! even partially, the free press is no longer j
free. «
If you fail the first time, and make no correction j
for mistakes, there is no reason why you should not |
fall the second time.
The law cannot be sustained or crime discouraged j
by acts of mercy based upon emotional sympathy foi .;
the accused or his family.
This is a free country, if you want to operate j
your automobile at a high rate ol speed, but don't |
complain if the traffic cop gets you.
When the peeple of this country cannot depend
upon the integrity of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the ^
safety of the U. 3. is in danger.
_ -_ I
To understand another's problems approach them
I from his circumstances, not your’s.
; Properly advertised a good product will sell,
unadvertised it may or may not sell. _
I
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Continued from Page One)
’The* cbffiferf #ai* ptibftshed the
next day, and I suppose the Cau
dle children read it as my answer
to their Christmas gift, and fig
ured that I was just one of these
hardboiled newspapermen who
would rush to the phone with a
scoop if his grandmother were run |
over by a taxi in front of the White
House.
A newspaperman does have to be
hardboiled sometimes, but he also
happens to have that same portion
of the human anatomy that makes
other people tick—a heart. And at
this Christmas time I should like
to balance the picture of Lamar
Caudle by pointing out some things
which don't get into the headlines,
which don't get into most Of the
fast-moving press association sto
ries.
Bluebloods Vs. Country Boys
In picking government officials,
this country is inclined to alter
nate oetween the appointment of
wealthy young men with blue stock
ing backgrounds, who have no
monetary temptations but who
don’t always know what govern
ment is all about; and on the
other hand, country boys like La
mar Caudle, who are so dazzled
by the sudden glamor of public of
fice that they are easy suckers
for the city slickers witli a private
airplane and a fast buck.
The Republicans under Hoover
and Coolidge leaned toward the
tlue bloods. The Democrats, es
pecially under Truman, have lean
ed toward the country boys. Nei
ther makes the best type of public
servant; you need to find a mix
ture or medium in between.
And when the country boys have
large families to support, and when
they don't suspect that the nice
people are so very, very nice, not
because they like them but be
cause they want something, then
the result is "Caudleism."
However, I have w'atched the
great game of playing favorites
from a ringside seat in Washing
ton for many years, and under
quite a few presidents. And I can
tell the Caudle children that the
free airplane rides their daddy got
were no different from the free
private cars to the Kentucky der
by which Jesse Jones got from
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad—
except that the B. and O. got a
lot more money from Jesse Jones'
RPC—$87,00.0,000— than anyone ever
got out of Mr. Caudle.
I am also certain that the man
ner in which Guy Gabrielson,
chairman of the Republican Na
tional Committee, dangled the
chairmanship of the New York
stock exchange in front of the
RFC’s Harvey Gunderson at the
time Gabrielson was wangling an
$18,000,000 loan for Carthage Hy
drocol, was no different in prin
ciple from the wholesale prices Mr.
Caudle got on a mink coat and
two automobiles—except that $18,
COO.OOO may cost more to the tax
payer.
SMOOTH-TALKING FRIENDS
J am pot sxyusing either Mr.
Caudle or Mr. Jesse Jones or Mr.
Gabrielson. Lamar Caudle was a
country boy who got dazzled by
smooth-talking friends. No smooth
talker himself, he was his own
worst enemy on the witness stand.
But it was obvious from listening
to him that he was telling the
truth. For when a man pays more
for a fur coat, wholesale, than he
would have had to pay retail, then
he really shows himself as a coun
try boy who ought not to be pall
ing around with city slickers.
Unquestionably Lamar Caudle
ought not to have held the job he
did. But it’s easy for a newspaper
man or a congressman to sit back
in judgment on our fellow men.
And I can't help remembering that
the newspaper chain which cast
the first stone at Caudle is headed
by the same man whom the Roose
velt administration exposed for
setting up a personal holding cor
poration to take tax deductions on
his yacht.
I also remember that when in
California last year, I got a phone
call from Caudle saying that they
were pushing a tax case against
"Niggy” Rutkin in Newark, N. J.,
fo rthe city slickers with a private
Galley 2 Wash Merrygoround HI
aticn I had that would help. Caudle
knew I had investigated the feud
between those two notorious rum
runners, Rutkin and Joe Rein
feld, and asked me to phone any
helpful information to his attorney
in Newark, Mickey Rothwacks.
Taking the trouble to call me in
California about Rutkin was not
what I would call pulling a tax
punch.
CAUDLE’S RECORD
There was also the case of the
deputy sheriff of Prince Georges
County, Maryland, just a stone's
throw from the Capitol, who had
been taking protection money from
the gamblers. Caudle sent this
case to Baltimore where U. S. At
torney Bernard Flynn declined to
prosecute. Caudle sent it back, de
manded prosecution,, later got a
conviction.
There was also the case of Em
mit Waring, king of the gamblers
in Washington. Caudle sent a tax
fraud case against Waring to the
U. S. Attorney in Baltimore last j
May. Nothing happened. Caudle
prodded the case in July, prodded
it a third time recently, then he
himself was fired.
There was also the case of Dr.
Herbert Hessler of Kansas City,
Karrs.,, which Caudle sent to U. S.
Attorney Lester Luther in Topeka
for prosecution. Luther wrote back
that Hessler was too prominent.
He didn't want to prosecute, Cau
dle insisted, got a conviction._The.se
were just a few of the many cases
I could mention.
It is impossible to defend some
of the foolish things Lanrar Caudle
did. But when he got on the witness ;
Christmas Reunion
Held by 2 Marines
Parted by Battle
CLEVELAND, Dec. 26—UPl—Two
Marines held a Christmas reunion
here Tuesday just 365 days after
saying goodbye to each other in
Korea during the retreat from Cho
sin.
The pair were Sgt. V. Palom
sky 21, and Cpl. Leonard W. Wod
zisz, 20.
Wodzisz had been wounded when
the Americans drew back as Chinese
Communists poured into the 'Korean
war. Potomsky hunted him during
the retreat and finally found him
Christmas morning, eating as he sat
on the side of a road.
Later that day they attended mass.
Soon they parted again, Wodzisz re
turning to the United States in Sep
tember.
Polomsky finally got home this
Christmas Eve.
attention kebekahs
Social meeting of Rebekah Lodge
tonight at 8 p.m. in I. O. O. P. Hall.
Entertainment and refreshments.
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stand he got so flustered that he
couldn't counter-balance his own
record. And as one who has fol
lowed tax frauds perhaps more
than any other newsman,, I take
this opportunity to " balance the
record for him as my Christmas
card to the Caudle children.
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December 23 •
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Mrs. W. E. Hendrickson «
W. G. Hellan •
Rodger Pegues a
Juanita Louise Colwell •
Beth Davidson a
o F. D. Kelly a
a Irma McDaniels •
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Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather conditions and tempera
tures at various Alaska points also
on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 p.m.,
120th Meridian Time, and released
by the Weather Bureau are as
follows:
Anchorage . 6—Cloudy
Barrow . 15—Cloudy
Bethel . 28—Snow
Cordova . 21—Clear
Fairbanks . 2—Snow
Haines . 7—Clear
Havre . -20—Clear
Juneau Airport . 1—Clear
Annette Island . 34—Cloudy
Kodiak . 33—Cloudy
Kotzebue . 32—Snow |
Northway . -19—Cloudy
Petersburg . 14—Clear
Portland .31—Clear
Prince George .... 1—Partly Cloudy
Seattle . 33—Clear
Whitehorse . 30—Clear
Yakutat . 20—Clear j
Community Event! ■
TODAY
At 8 p.m.—Rebckah lodge social
meeting in IOOF hall. Entertain
ment, refreshments.
December 27
At noon—Chamber of Commerce
meets at Baranof Hotel.
At 7:30 p.m.—Taku Toastmasters
open house in Baranof Gold Room.
At 8 p.m.—Emblem Club roll call and
Christmas party in Elk lodge room.
At 9:30 p.m.—Holiday party at Teen
Age Club for all Juneau rnd
Douglas Teen Agers.
December 29
At 9 p.m.—Holiday dance of Swing
ing Squares for 7, 8 and 9 grades,
Parish Hall.
December 31
At 9 p.m.—Gastineau Channel
Square Dancing Association New
Year's dance, Douglas High gym.
January 2
' At noon—Kiwanis club scheduled to
meet at Baranof Hotel.
Tees Age Party
i
Thursday Night
The Teen Age Club’s annual
holiday party will be held on
I Thursday night of this week, be
ginning at 9:30 o’clock, in its club
] house. There will be dancing, spe
cial entertainment and refresh
j ments. The club lounge is being
j specially decorated for the occa
I sion.
j In order to raise money for the
! club’s charity fund, an admission
] fee of so cents will be charged. All
teen agers, whether or not mem
bers of the club, are invited.
The afiair is neither "formal"
nor “semi-formal.” The committee
j in charge, however, is asking that
J everyone "get dressed up a bit” for
the evening.
; BASKETBALL THURSDAY
| AND SATURDAY, DOUGLAS
The Sitka Columbians are sched
uled to play the Juneau Columbians
in a basketball game Thursda>
I evening at 8 p.m. in the Douglas
gym, T. A. Morgan of the Colum
bia Lumber Co. announced today.
On Saturday night the Sitka team
j will play Mike’s, also at 8 p.m. in
the Douglas gym.
STRICTLY BUSINESS
by McFeattws
P l V-AT £
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MR POTTLEBY
“I'm ready for dictation — if you're through punching
yourself for being late!”
r
20 YEARS AGO the empire j
DECEMBER 26, 1931
The directors of the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company played
the role of Santa Claus to their stockholders when they increased
the quarterly dividend rate from 10 cents to 12'H cents per share, for
dividend payments due in February.
Santa Claus came back for an additional visit to Juneau, to be
present at the Moose Hall tonight, at the Christmas tree fcelebration
arranged by the Loyal Order of Moose. A program was to be given
by children trained by the Women of the Mooseheart Legion.
New officers elected by the Douglas Masons were Edmund Andrews,
Worshipful Master; Ragnar Kronquist, Senior Warden; Elton Eng
•Lrcm, Junior Warden; Charles Sey, Treasurer; William R. Spain,
Secretary; Albert Goetz, Chaplain; Thomas Kali, Marshal; Harold
Gallwas, Senior Deacon; John Mills, Junior Deacon; Ed Cashel, Junior
Stewart, and Adolph Hirsch, Tyler.
An old-fashioned Christmas dinner was served by the Alford Brad
ford Post No. 4, American Legion, to more than 50 of the city’s unem
ployed. keeping the Dugout open all afternoon and treating its guests
royally. During the evening the Legion’s guests were welcomed at
aoth the Capitol and Coliseum theatres as guests of the managements.
Business men cooperated wholeheartedly with the Legion in making this
r memorable event.
All mail received in Juneau before Christmas day was distributed
;nd ready for delivery before the close of business Christmas Eve,
recording to Postmaster Josephine Spickett. In many, instances, clerks
even telephoned people to call for their packages,4she said.
Weather; High, 37; low 32; cloudy.
| Daily Lessons in English w. l. Gordon j
77G~DS OFTEN MISSUED; Do not say, “She fell off of the plat- '
form.” Omit OF.
OFTEN MISFRONOUrGED: Christmas. Pronounce kris-mas, being .
sure to pronounce the second syllable as MASS, not as MUSS.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Humorous (jocular). Humerus (a bene In
the arm>.
SYNONYMS: Glamour, fascination, allurement, charm, witchery.
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:
MUTABLE; capable of change in form, qualities, or nature. “Nature
is possessed of mutable qualities which add much interest to life.”
j MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA LEE j|
Q. What is the proper way to extend an invitation over the tele- j
phone? i
A. Do not preface your invitation with. “What are you doing
Saturday night." This puts the other person in an embarrassing posi
tion if he says “nothing." and then finds the particular party in pros
pect does not appeal to him. How can he refuse then? It is more
thoughtful to come right out with your invitation.
Q. How does one properly remove bones from a fish at the table? |
A. Lift the end of the bone with a fork, and then lift it all the
way out pinched between the knife and fork together — or with the
fingers. Do not let the fingers touch the fish.
Q. Should a bride remove her veil before sitting at the breakfast |
table?
A. No; she retains her veil.
j LOOK and LEARN a!c.GORDON i
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1. What part of Canada is south of the United States?
2. What is the most-used word over the telephone?
3. Wat American engineeer completed tre Panama Canal?
4. Where did the famous Charge of the Light Brigade take place?
5. Which is the only mammal that can fly under its own power?
ANSWERS: * ;
1. The part near Detroit, Mich.
2. The word “I.”
3. George W. Goethals (1846-1914).
4. At Balaklava, on the Crimean Peninsula, Russia, in 1854. *j
5. The bat.
There is no subsiiuie for
Newspaper Advertising!
Crossword Puzzle
across
j. Explosive
device
4. Feminine name
9. Deface
12. Lubricate
13. Assistant
15. Complain
17. Accustom
18. Factory
19. Scoundrel
20. Extra part
22. Most conceited
24. Carry on
25. French river
26. Symbol for
tantalum
27. Infatuation
28. Sharp pain
29. Large recep
tacle
30. Elevation of
land: abbr.
31. Teams of
horses
32. Suspended
33. Pelts
35. City In North
Dakota
36: Showers
87. Farm building
38. Rosters
30. Cereal
42. Invisible
44. Lonpr narrow
inlet
45. Season for use
46. Bars
47. Crafty
DOWN
1. Tooth of a gear
wheel
Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle
J. Manner
3. Feathers
4. Strong rope
6. Temporary
cessation
6. Edged tool
7. New England
state: abbr.
8. Bringing Into
a row
9. Color
10. Compelling
attention
11. Cereal gras*
14. Silly
16. Deep mud
19. Rents: Scot*
law
20. Marsh
21. Talking glibly
22. Blood vessels
23. Kind of dance
25. Celestial bodle*
28. Author of
•‘The Faerl*
Queene"
29. Parts of lamp*
31. Treat mali
ciously
32. Damage
34. Out of style
35. Goddesses of
destiny
87. Object used In
many game*
38. Roman god
dess
39. Japanese sash
40. Trouble
41. Ballad
48. Rough lav*!
Hawaiian
MEMORIALS
MARBLE and GRANITE
Monuments and Markers
JUNEAU MARBLE WORKS
Phone 42G—302 Franklin St.
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Meeting Every Wednesday at 8
P M. Visiting brothers welcome.
LeROY WEST, Exalted Ruler.
W. H. BIGGS, Secretary.
Moose Lodge No. 700 |
Regular Meetings Every Friday
Governor—
LOREN CARD
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANSEN
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Taku Post No. 5559
V. F. W.
Meeting every Thursday in
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SALES and SERVICE
CHRISTENSEN EROS.
909 12th Phone Green 279
Brownie's Liquor Store
Phone 103 139 So. Franklin j
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P. O. Box 2596
©ON ABEL
Mi’lwork-Glass-Building Supplies
Schorn Paint
PHONE 633—Juneau, Alaska
STEVENS’
LADIES’—MISSES’
READY-TO-WEAR
Seward Street Near Third
The Charles W. Carter
Mortuary
Fourth and Franklin Sto.
PHONE 136
Caslejs Men's Wear
McGregor Sportswear
Stetson and MaUorp Hat*
Arrow Shirts and Underwear
Allen Edmonds Shoes
Skyway Luggage
BOTANY
"500"
CLOTHES
NUNN-BUSH SIIOES
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"The Rexall Store"
Your Reliable Pharmacists
BUTLER-MAURO
DRUG CO.
Alaska Music Supply
Plano#—Musical Instruments
and Supplies
Phone 206 Second and Seward
Card Beverage Co.
Wholesale 805 10th 8t.
PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT
for MIXERS or SODA POP
The Alaskan Hotel
Newly Renovated Rooms
at Reasonable Kates
PHONE SINGLE O
THOMAS HARDWARE
and FURNITURE CO.
PHONE 555
PAINTS - OHS
Builders’ snd Shelf
HARDWARE
Remington Typewriters j
SOLD aad SERVICED by j
J. B. Sarford Co.
"Onr Doorstep Is Worn by
Satisfied Customer*"
FORD AGENCY
(Authorized Dealers)
GREASES — GAS OIL
Juneau Motor Co.
Foot, of Main Street
MAKE
JUNEAU'DAIRIES
DELICIOUS ICE CREAM 1
a dally habit—ask for It by nai— ,
Juneau Dairies, Inc. i
HOME GROCERY .
Phones 146 and 342
I Home Liquor Store—TeL 6M
! American Meat — Phone 88
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* from work — TRY
Alaska Lanadry
H. S. GRAVES
The Clothing Man
LEVI’S OVERALLS
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CABINET SHOP
117 Main St. Phone 778
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Old Friends and New
ALL of ihe Best
for the Christmas Season
and the New Year
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