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fourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle, Wash.
Saturday, March 17, 1951
FOR EVERY 30 INDIANS
Now that the government is busily engaged in
creating bureaus, etc., requiring large personnels to
handle them, the following editorial in the Seattle
Times makes interesting reading:
Last June, the Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs
had no less than 13,565 employees on its payroll. At
that time, the Indian population of the United States
totaled about 400,000. That makes in the neighbor
hood of one bureau employee for every 30 Indians in
the land. At that rate, the affairs 'of the American
Indians should be right well administered — too well,
one is tempted to suspect, for their own good.
BRISTLING
An American college professor considers it a bad
sign that the Russian people are showing more interest
in American literature. His reason is that Russian
propagandists, as he says, spare no effort to use
American writing for their own ends.
This probably is true enough, says the Cincinnati
Enquirer. The favorite American writers in the Soviet
Union are Howard Fast, Upton Sinclair, Jack London
and Theodore Dreiser, all some degrees to the left of
center. In fapt, Dreiser joined the Communist party
befpre his death. These are just the writers that
one would expect to be popular with the Russians—
by permission of the Ministry of Education (or what
ever it is called). Books by American or any other
writers who happened to be unfriendly to the Soviet
Union hardly would be allowed to circulate freely where
thought is so tightly controlled.
What is significant is the fact that the Russians
are evincing an interest in our literature even if it does
not represent our best. Some of the books by the
authors mentioned have sold copies up to 10 millions,
which means that they have been read by even a
greater number. In comparison, our interest in Russia
as it might be observed through its literature is
negligible . So, whereas the Russians undoubtedly have
gained a one-sided impression of America through their
reading, we have formed our own ideas of the Russian
character without much recourse to literature. Small
wonder, then, that the relationship between the USSR
and the United States bristles with miscon irptions.
Nome Has Dog Trouble
(Nome Nugget)
Due to the fact that loose dogs are now traveling
in bands, foraging for food and complaints have been
eceived where they have molested people and are
becoming a menace, the Council decided at the last
meeting to take drastic action immediately before some
serious accident takes place.
Due to the fact that these wild dogs cannot be
caught they will have to be shot without being caught,'
according to the ruling of the City Council. All owners (
of pets are urged to keep their dogs tied up until the
strays have oeen eliminated for the safety of all. The
City does not wish to destroy pets, but if they ire
mixed with a pack of strays they may have no choice.
Always agree with an argumentative person. This
will not only frustrate him, but will cause him to j
lost faith in his opinions.
"The cost of living *s not a political football to be
kicked around,” says a Congressman. It would take
an extraordinarily high kicker to kick the cost of
living around now.
fhe Washington
Merry-Go-Round
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is doing nothing about it? The
American people are getting tired
of protecting the rest of the world.”
Rearmat?)eut was. &Qt in Sforza’s
bailiwick. Furthermore, it was hot
in the bailiwick of certain Ameri
can connected with the Marshall
Flan who talked to Sforza about
rearmament. Both were on delicate
ground because he risked offending
Italian generals; Marshall Plan of
ficials because they risked offend
ir.t, U. S. Ambassador James Dunn,
who follows the old-fashioned
c ; iomatic theory that you must
no jcg the elbow of foreign gov
ernments regarding domestic poli
cies and he was reluctant to crack
down on the snail-like pace of j
Italian rearmament.
However, Sforza finally came up
with a 26-page rearmament plan
which was so confidential that it
was given to ECA officials in the
Rome railroad station by Sforza’s
ce uty, so they wouldn’t be seen
to? ether.
The ECA officials sent back word
th t the proposed plan chiefly called
fer more expenditures by the al
ready overburdened American tax
payer and that any real Italian
rearmament plan must also provide
for Italian sacrifices. More con
ferences followed, out of which
was finally evolved the $400,000,000
arms bill okayed by the Italian
parliament last week.
Money Wasted By Army
The new Italian arms bill can
bring about a complete end of
Communism here, provided Italy is
able to get all-too-scarce steel,
aluminum and copper from the
United States. For the new pro
g am should reactivate the north
ern automobile and tank factories,
v h:ch have been virtually idle since
the war, and wipe out Italian un
employment — the chief cause* of
Communism.
However, the inside fact is a
lot of money will also be wasted
under Italian armament. The army,
for Instance, still maintains huge
farms, theoretically for breeding
cavalry horses. Though the cavalry
has long since passed from use, the
army clique refuses to relinquish
its vast landed estates and Minister
of Defense Randolfo Pacciardi, a
devotee of David Dubinsky and the
International Ladies Garment !
Wo: kers, hasn't dared to buck the ■
military hierarchy to bring about'
needed economies. In fact, Pac
ciardi has quietly appealed to
American military advisers to pres- !
sure him for these economies.
1 his illustrates in Italian bureau- 1
cracy something which would make
Senator Byrd faint. Commerce
Minister Ivan Matteo Lombardo,
commenting privately on this
bureaucrack, once remarked: “I
hate 13 stenographers. If I could,
fire all but three of them I could
get some work done, but with 13
they just get in each*other's way.” ■
This bureaucracy has piled up so
many government servants that 86
per cent of the social insurance
I aid in by the workers goes to
pay for government administration.
1 reatedly, since the war, ihe
\ ers have had their premium
payments for social security raised
but not once have their insurance
benefits been raised. The increase
goes to pay bureaucrats’ salaries.
Gervasi’s Work Effective
A few weeks before General
Eisenhower’s scheduled visit to Italy
the Walls of Rome were covered
with posters reading: "Ike, go
home,” plus other uncomplimentary
l'emarks too filthy to be repeated
here. Obviously this was the work
of the Communists, but since the
walls of Rome are the television
sets of the Italian people the posters
had their effect and nothing was
being done to counteract them.
Finally, while the American em
basy hesitated, Frank Gervasi, the
live-wire chief of ECA information,
got busy. He organized a commit
tee of pro-American Italians which,
working backstage with the ECA,
concocted some of the most effec
tive posters ever seen in Italy.
Jean Belliard, son-in-law of Edgar
Ansel Mowrer and now French at
tache on Eisenhower's staff, con
ceived cne brilliant idea—namely,
quoting from the Moscow press at
the time Eisenhower liberated
Europe. One set of posters there
fore featured the hammer and
sickle with quotes from Izvestia and
Pravda hailing Ike as a great libera
tor. At the bottom of the poster
was the date: May, 1945. Other
posters featured Ike in his Colum
bia University cap and gown, regret
fully laying aside his books to don
an outgrown uniform.
Overnight, squads organized by
the ECA went out, tore down the
Communist posters and put up the
new set. Few people had any idea
who inspired the overnight change,
[n fact, gracious Ambassador Dunn,
riding through Rome’s streets the
next day, remarked: "You see what
the Italian people do when you
leave them alone?”
For some months Gervasi, a for
mer Hearst newspaperman and rov
ing correspondent for Collier’s, has
been putting new life into Ameri
can propaganda in Italy. Thanks to
him, millions of Italian people now
know what the Marshall Plan has
brought to them. Three of his
publications are among the most in
genious in Europe. One is a comic
magazine called "The Story of
America” which is sold on news
stands weekly and is lapped up by
the Italian public.
Another is ”11 Campi," or "The
Land,” a monthly magazine for
farmers which is increasing Italian
agricultural output and at the same
time is getting across the fact that
(he United States has extended
great help to Italy. The third is
called “Illustrated Worker,” a poor
man’s Collier’s, aimed at weaning
labor away from the Communists.
The last-named is so popular that,
in six months, it has reached a
newstand circulation of 200,000 and
soon will become a paying proposi
tion.
Gervasi’s ingenuity has done a
great deal to give Communism its
heavy setbacks in Italy. Yet, when
plans for future American publicity
here were recently submitted to the I
American embassy, Ambassador
Dunn carefully struck out Gervasi’s
proposed plans.
FROM CALIFORNIA
Thomas Locke of Menlo Park,
Calif, is at the Gastineau Hotel.
He is with the Bureau of Public
I\ /ads.
COMMUNICATION j
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To the Editor, Daily Alaska Em
pire:
I read with great pleasure about
the action taken by Senator Snider.
Not only the people of Wasilla, but
the people of all Alaska should be
proud of the courageous Senator,
who Is not afraid to express the
wishes of the common people.
But now I wonder how many
common people there are in the
Territory. Looking back twenty or
twenty-five years, I remember how
the Territory appeared then—most
ly workers, miners, prospectors,
fishermen, and loggers. But now,
especially in our Capitol City, one
can hardly lay an eye on a work
ing man. It seems that most of the
population consists of Federal and
Territorial employees.
All available space is occupied by
governmental offices, the streets
are filled with shining cars bearing
U. S. Govt, licenses, and we are
still short of space for newly cre
ated agencies and bureaus.
How true it is that Senator Snider
was elected by the people and not
by office holders. How true it is
that the general wage increase ap
plies to all, BUT IN WHAT PRO
PORTION? To the big boys goes
the lion’s share, 33% to 50%, and
the small fry gets whats left—if
anything.
I must once again express my
profound admiration for Senator
Snider. More power to him, and I
wish there were more like him. The
people shall not forget the origin
ator of the wage increase bill, nor
will we overlook the members vo
ting in favor. Our opinion of them
will be expressed on future election
days.
Sincerely, (signed) Roman Ellers.
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U. S. FOREST SERVICE
TRANSFERS AUK BAY
DOCK TO TERRITORY
Transfer of the dock and float
at Auk Bay and the short spur
read leading to the dock from the ]
Glacier Highway to the Territory
of Alaska from the U. S. Forest
Service was announced this morn
ing by Territorial Engineer Frank
A. Metcalf. The transfer was ef
fective Thursday.
Metcalf said the Territory will
assume permanent responsibility for |
the custody and maintenance of the j
float and dock for use by the j
public and National Forest. It will |
also maintain the U. S'. Coast Guard i
red post lantern marker at the end I
of the dock, which has been kept
in order by the Forest Service. The
Coast Guard will continue to fur
nish the oil for the light as it has
done in the past.
The float is to be extended 100
feet pending a War Department ^
permit, Metcalf said. Improvement
of this facility Is necessary to pro
tide space for the increase of boats
putting in at Auk Bay.
The Auk Bay dock and float and
the spur road were constructed in
1939 as a Forest Service Civilian
Conservation Corps project. Main
tenance of the installation by the
Forest Service is no longer feasible
and for this reason it was believed
practical to turn it over to the
Territory.
BRIGHAM YOUNGWIL L
MEET DAYTON TONIGHT
NEW YORK. March 17 — UP) —
Brigham Young and Dayton battle
tonight for the championship of
the National Invitational Basket
ball tournament in a game that
promises to be a close battle all the
way.
A turnout of close to 18,000, the
largest of the tourney, is expected
to throng Madison Square Garden
to see the game.
The game is the second of a dou
bleheader. St. John’s of Brooklyn,
and Seton Hall, beaten in Thurs
day’s semi-finals, start the eve
ning’s activities to determine third
place.
HGCKEYGAMES
By Associated Press
The Victoria Cougars shutout the,
Seattle Ironmen 5 to 0 last night
to maintain a one-point lead at the i
top of the Pacific Coast Hockey
league.
The second-place New Westmins
ter Royals kept the pace by beating
the Vancouver Canucks 3-1. The
Royals finish the season Saturday
night against the Canucks at New
Westminster.
A victory for the Cougars would
assure them of the league cham
pionship.
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ACROSS
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Franca
C. Hue
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crushed to a
pulpy mass
1Z. Supposed
It. Adjusted to
form a lloa
15. Pave again
16. Free
17. Mends
19. Obtain
20. Cease
22. By birth
23. Nothing more
than
24. Fisher for eels
26. Wall decorator
18. Vehicle on
wheels
80. Younger man
SI. Larger
SS. Massive
39. Bereft .
40. Result of
Infection
42. Count? road
43. Goal
44. Inn
46. Meadow
47. Glides
49. Reveler
61. Pertaining to
old age
62. Finishers
63. Has an opinion
64. Long grassy
stalks
DOWN
L Refined
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Solution of Yesterday's Puzzlo
1. White crystal
line powder
8. Went swiftly
4. Frozen
6. Type of auto
mobile
6. Pertaining to
the eyebaB
7. Opens: poet.
8. Part of the
mouth
9. Wild asa of
Asia
10. Venerate
11. Resolve Into
elements
13. Prevent from
action
18. Corded fa brio
21. Kind of nut
23. Honor
25. Rodent
27. Knave of clubs j
in loo
29. Rests
31. Amorphous
transparent
substance
32. Disturbed
33. Type of fur
34. Track worn by
a wheel
36. Seasoned
37. Gibes
38. Divisions of
time
41. Negro tribe of
Cape Verde
44. Tiller
45. Row
48. Decease
5(|. Poem
: 20 YEARS AGO the empire 1
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MARCH 17, 1931
A two months’ patrol dirty by the Coast Guard ship Tallapoosa, ordered
to leave this port April 15 did not meet with the approval of Juneau
business interests and the Chamber of Commerce was to discuss the
forming of a resolution protesting the order for this time of the year.
With the halibut season under way and weather on the banks uncertain,
it was felt in Juneau that the ship should be kept in Southeast Alaska
through the spring months.
Bound from Seward to Seattle the steamship Yukon remained in port
at Juneau for six hours to load halibut from the cold storage plant
ar.d concentrates from the Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company. Pas
sengers leaving for the south included Mrs. John Newman, Miss Prances
Newman, C. T. Gardner, Mrs. E. J. Hunter, Jr., Mrs. Robert Semple
and H. O. Adams.
A special ferry leaving Juneau at 1 a. m. was run from Juneau to
Douglas to accommodate the large number of Islanders attending the
Elks Annual St. Patrick’s Day dance.
A formal invitation had been extended to members of the Legislature
by'the Chamber of Commerce for the Biennial Legislative Dinner, given
in honor of Gov. George A. Parks and members of the Tenth Legislature
and their wives on March 24 at Bailey’s Cafe. Preparations were being
made for a minimum of 250 guests and the dinner would be attended
also by the ladies for the first time in many years, attendance usually
being limited to men. 0
Weather: High, 32; low, 18; partly cloudy.
| Daily Lessens m English w. l. cordon
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WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “He was determined to
revenge his brother’s death.” Say, "determined to AVENGE his brother’s
death."
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Inchoate (being in the first stages).
Pronounce in-ko-it, both I’s as in IN, O as in NO, accent second syllable.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Presumptuous; observe the PTU.
SYNONYMS: Sedate, serious, sober, solemn, staid, quiet, grave, de
mure.
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:
LINEAL: descending in a direct line from an ancester. “In his law suit,
he stressed his lineal rights.”
j MODERN ETIQUETTE Roberta lee j I
Q. When children are planing a party to celebrate their parents’
twenty-fifth anniversary, what kind of a party should it be, and whom
should they invite?
A. Make the party a reception, and invite THEIR friends, not yours.
Q. When a young man takes a girl to the theatre, does she stand
in line with him at the box office until he procures the tickets?
A. No.; she should step to one side and wait for him.
Q. What should a girl do or say when she has completed a dance with
a young man and he thanks her?
A. A nod, accompanied by a smile is sufficient.
LOOK and LEARN a! c. GORDON
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1. What is the difference in meaning between “immanent” and
“imminent”?
2. What does the business term “e.o.m.” mean?
3. Who is considered as having been the greatest French novelist?
4. What is the Mohammedan name for the Supreme Being?
5. What does the musical term “forte” mean, and how is it pro
nounced?
ANSWERS:
1. Immanent means indwelling. Imminent means threating to
occur.
2. End of month.
3. Victor Hugo (1802-85).
4. Allah.
5. Loud; powerful. Pronounced for-tay, with accent on first syllable.
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Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather conditionf and temper
atures at various Alacka points
also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30
a.m., 120‘h Meridian Time, and
released by the Weather Bureau
are as follows:
Anchorage . 10—Clear
Annette Island . 37—Rain
Barrow . 21—Snow
Bethel . 3—Snow
Cordova . 12—Partly cloudy
Dawson . 26—Clear
Edmonton . 0—Snow
Fairbanks . 8—Cloudy
Haines . 17—Snow
Havre . 4—Snow
Juneau Airport . 31—Snow
Kodiak . 22—Cloudy
Kotzebue . 12—Clear
McGrath . 8—Snow
Nome . 0—Clear
Northway . 12—P&rtly cloudy
Petersburg ... 31—Snow
Portland . 38—Partly cloudy
Prince George .6—Partly cloudy
Seattle . 29—Clear
Sitka . 34—Snow showers
Whitehorse . 2—Cloudy
Yakutat .26—Snow |
SPORTSMEN URGE
PASSAGE OF WOLF
CONTROL BILL
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At a meeting of the board of I
directors of the Territorial Sports- ]
men, Inc., held last evening, it was [
unanimously decided to support H. [
B. 118 for passage in the present;
Legislature.
The bill provides half of the Ter
ritorial funds appropriated for pay
ment of wo'.f and coyote bounties to
be expended by the Fish and Wild- :
life Service in support of its pro- j
gram for the extermination of |
wolves and coyotes in the Territory.
Because less than half of the
$100,000 appropriated for bounty has
been taken up by bounty hunters, |
it was felt that the trained predator
agents of FWS could provide con
trol where needed and do more ef- ]
fective work.
The Sportsmen have already al- ,
loted $500 to the FWS to supply a j
predator agent to control wolves in j
the Juneau area.
H.B. 118 came up and was laid on !
the table. Today is the last day that
action can be taken by the House
to get the bill to the Senate and
the board directed that each repre
sentative and senator be contacted
to support the bill.
FAIRBANKS VISITORS
Alex Miller and Jack Johnson of
Fairbanks are stopping at the Bar
anof Hotel.
KELLY RETURNS
Maurice W. Kelly. FWS predator
control agent, is stopping at the
Baranof Hotel.
V. F. W.
Taka Post No. 5559
Meeting every Thursday in
the G.I.O. Hall at 8:00 p.m.
Tke Erwin Feed Co. I
Office In Case Lot Grocery I
Phone TM
HAY. GRAIN, COAL
and STORAGE
* STEVENS’
LADIES’—MISSES’
READY-TO-WEAR
Be word Street Near Taira
The Charles W. Carter
Mortuary
Fourth and Franklin Sts.
PH ON* 1S6
Caster's lien's Near
McGrecor Sportswear
Stiif ta and Mallory Hats
arrow Shirts and Underwear
an— Edmonds Shoss
Skyway Lanac*
BOTANY
"500"
CLOTHES
NUNN-BUSH SHOES
STETSON HATS
Quality Work Clothing
FRED HENNING
Complete Oatfltter for Mea
•HAFFEB’B
SAMTABY NEAT
POB BETTER MtATP
IS—PHONES—4t
Proa Oehrory
MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 141
SECOND and FOURTH q
Monday of each month
In Scottish Rite Temple -
beginning at 7:30 p. m.
Wm. A. Chipperfield,
Worshipful Mister; V
JAMES W 1 iS-WER 3, Secretary.
@ B. P. 0. ELKS
Meeting every Wednesday at t
P.M. Visiting brothers welcome
WALLIS S. GEORGE, Exalted
Ruler. W. H. BIGGS, Secretary.
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Ncose Lodge No. 706
Regular Meeting* Each Friday
Governor—
ARNOLD L .FRANCIS
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMAN8EN
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Brownie's Liquor Store
Pboa* IN lNIa Fr-.akU*
r. U Box UN
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mmmmmmammmmmmmm
"The Rexall Store"
Tour Reliable Fharnwut*
BDTLER-MAURO
DRUG CO.
Alaska Music Supply
Arthur M. Uggen, Manager
Plane*—Musical Instrument*
and SippUee
..Phone 2*6 ..Second and SewaidL
GENERAL PAINTS
and WALLPAFffiR
Ideal Pain! Store
Phone sty Fred W. Wendt
Card Beverage Ce.
Wholesale SOB 10th Bt.
PnoNE 216—DAT or NIOHT
for MIXERS or SODA POP
The Alaskan Hotel
Newly Renovated Bnaa
at ReaaonaMe Rata*
PHONE SINGLE O
PHONE BBS
Thomas Hardware Co.
PAINTS - OILS
Buflderc' and Shelf
HARDWARE
Remington Typewriters
SOLD and SERVICED by
J. B. Bnrford Co.
"Oar Doorstep la Warn by
Satlefled Customer*"
FORD AGENCY
(AutbcrlMd Dealers)
GREASES - GAS — OIL
Juneau Motor Co.
Foot of Main Street
make
JUNEAU DAIRIES
DELICIOUS ICE CREAM
a iaOy habit—ask for It by u»
Juneau Dairies, Inc.
Chrysler Marine Engine*
MACHINE SHOP
Marine Hardware
Chas. G. Warner Co.
HOME GROCERY
Phones 146 and 342
Home Liquor Store—ToL M
American Meat — Phono *8
To Banish “Blue Monday"
To give you more freedom
from work — TRY
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Alaska Laundry
H. 8. GRAVES
The Clothing Man
LEVTS OVERALLS
for Boya
BLACKWELL’S
CABINET SHOP
117 Main St. FboM 77a
Hlrh Qaallty OaMaot Work
for Him, Offloo m Mho