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Tuesday, December 18, 1951
THEY HAD THE VOTES
The last hopes for real' unity among Southeast
Alaska’s Democrats went a-glimmering last week as
the First Division democratic convention got under
way at Sitka.
The meet was opened by Governor Gruening in
an excellent speech recounting the accomplishment.'
of the party — nationally and in Alaska. He urgec
that efforts be made to restore harmony to the party’:
ranks, but to little avail.
It was apparent from the outset that the Gruen
ing wing of the party had practical control of the
convention and intended to exercise it to the utmost
A hand picked chairman and solidly packed com
mittees paved the way for the steamroller action tha!
followed.
Some concessions w:ere made to the conservative
Demccrals, but only after prolonged discussion and
innumerable recesses. Only lifesaver for the right
wing group was the fact that they did have enough
vote's to hold the line on issues requiring a two-thirds
majority.
Most important of these was in the matter of
representation of Petersburg, Wrangell and some of
the smaller outlying precincts. Interesting was the
fact that the delegate to whom Petersburg proxies
had been entrusted saw fit to vote them against
Petersburg representation.
Also of interest was a resolution, adopted re
luctantly by the platform committee, reaffirming
party voice in political job appointments and in
sisting that such appointments be made only with
the approval of the party organization — beginning
with the precinct committees. Disregard of this pro
cedure has occasioned bitter criticism of the ad
ministration in the past.
While the conservative element of the party will
not be pleased with the convention’s outcome, the
moral is plain: the oppesition had the votes!
EDITORIAL SOLILOQUY
The editor of The Daily Alaska Empire is an ordi
nary man. whose business requires him to keep up with
what is happening in Juneau and the world at large.
There is no secret system by which any editor
acquires the gift of prophecy and whatever opinions
ire voiced upon this page represent the considered
reflections of an individual who has time to take
advantage of the many sources of information that
ire available in this era of the printed word.
It is not always possible for any editor and his
eaders to agree exactly upon matters discussed.
Sensible readers should not expect to agree with the
reflection of any one person. Those who are more
nterested in their own mistakes than they are in the
truth, are the only people to dislike a discussion
which does not coincide with their own impressions.
This article is not written because anybody has
expressed disagreemen with our editorial poinions.
expressed disagreement with our editorial opinions,
pressions fr.om readers, who are nice enough to say
they enjoy our editorials and agree with them. The
point we are making, and it fits these people, as well
as others, is that the day might come when they !
will not agree with what we write but, on that day,
we will be doing just what we are doing now, writing
as intelligently and as honestly as possible.
Civil rights were never intended to give anybody
the right to force himself upon other persons.
If you know a human who is a better friend than j
your dog, we would suggest you keep in touch with j
him.
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This is the time of the year to be thinking up :
some good resolutions. The year 1952 is just around
the corner.
There are some operators in life who believe j
in the principle that they should never let their credit I
go unused.
It is a great temptation to agree with certain ]
people rather than engage in a hopeless discussion J
and waste one's time.
The whiz who is always on the verge of making j
i million dollars never realizes he has to make a
thousand dollars first.
We would all agree that money is one of the
:ommodities about which we cannot say: “A little of
that goes a long way.”
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The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Continued from Page One)
of the Bronx put across Harry
Truman for Vice President, even
going to the extent of deceitfully
changing FDR’s letter regarding
Truman and William O. Douglas in
order to do so.
Root No. 3—Got growing in May
of 1945 when President Truman,
then in office one month, kicked out
Francis Biddle, the Attorney Gen
eral, who insisted on rewarding the
U. S. Attorney in Kansas City who
had convicted Boss Pendergast.
The lull inside story of how Tru
man fired Biddle, a strait-laced
U. S. Circuit Judge from Philadel
phia, has never been told. It goes
to the bottom of the little-realiz
ed, fact that today the Justice and
the Treasury Departments have be
come the great patronage plums of
the party in power.
There was a time when the Post
Office Department supplied the pat
ronage to the party. But today, with
postmasters largely under Civil
Service, the party bosses look to the
Treasury, which controls taxes, and
the Justice Department, which has
the power to prosecute. For the
power to tax and the power to put
people in jail or save them means
far more to the city bosses than
any other single thing in Washing
ton.
BIG BOSSES STEP IN
One month after Truman took
office, therefore, Bob Hannegan
and the city bosses who finessed
him into the White House decided
they wanted a Justice Department
which would do their bidding.
Few people knew it, but the new
President was under great obliga
tion to Francis Biddle. He had
handed Senator Truman much of
the inside research on the Nazi
cartel's links with Standard Oil
of New Jersey, the Aluminum Cor
poration, Bausch and Lomb, plus
other amazing revelations which
put the Truman committee in the
headlines and started the little
known Senator from Missouri on
his way to the White House.
On the other hand, Biddle had
flatly refused to appoint Truman's
old army sergeant, Fred Canfil,
as U. S. Marshal in Kansas City.
He also blocked the appointment of
Truman's pal, ex-Congressman Dick
Duncan of St. Louis, to be a federal
judge in Missouri, refused to par
ole Tom Pendergast and insisted
on reappointing as U .S. Attorney.
Maurice Milligan, the man who had
sent Pendergast to jail.
Perhaps this was why the new
President was ashamed to fire Bid
dle and asked his secretary, the
late Steve Early, to do it instead.
Biddle, however, not appreciating
thif second-hand method of doing
business, demanded and got to see
the President Personally.
“I quite understand that a new,
President wants his own friends in
his cabinet." Biddle told Truman.
"But it seems to me you should tell
me so yourself, Mr. President, not
detail it to a secretary."
Embarrassed, Truman agreed.
"May I ask,” continued Biddle,
"who my successor is going to be?”
"Tom Clark," replied Truman.
CLARK, THE POLITICIAN
Biddle couldn't conceal his am
azement. A few days before he had
decided to fire Clark as chief of the
criminal division because of his
easygoing attitude toward criminal
prosecution.
Remonstrating with Truman, he
described Clark as a “fixer,” urged
him not to take his word regarding
Clark's lack of qualifications, but
to consult Jim McGranery, then No.
2 man in the Justice Department.
McGranery went to see Truman,
tut is reported to have pulled his
punches on Clark. Shortly there
after McGranery became a federal
judge in Philadelphia.
Thus Tom Clark became Attorney
General. He turned out not to be
a "fixer’'—as a matter of fact he
brought more antitrust cases than
Biddle—-but he was easygoing, pol
itically minded, and cooperated with
the party bosses.
In many respects his record was
brilliant compared with the drift
and decay which has followed.
However, there is no question but
that, under Clark, Justice Depart
ment disintegration gradually set
in. One by one, forthright men de
parted. There was nothing dishonest
ahout the Justice Department. It
merely inaugurated an era of friend
ship. The watchword of the day
was: "take care of your friends!'
The amiable Justice Department
under Clark, however, was almost
a crusading beacon compared with
the Treasury, the agency which col
lects the taxes. It must be remem
bered that only a small fraction of j
tax cases come to the Justice De- j
partment for criminal or civil ac
tion, the great majority being hand
led by tl>e Treasury. So it became
the No. 1 wire-pulling target lor
the party bosses.
UNPOPULAR MOBGENTIIAU
Under unpopular, honest Henry
Morgenthau, the Internal Revenue
Bureau had been one of the most
forthright agencies of government.
Its commissioner was an old-fash
ioned gentleman from Kansas, Guy
Helvering, who would no more have
tixed a tax case than he would
have jumped into the Missouri
River.
Even if Helvering had wanted
to fix a case, "Henry the Morgue,”
FDR called his Secretary of the
Treasury, kept such an eagle eye
jn tax collections that it would have
been difficult.
Guy Helvering, however, wanted !
to become a judge. And when he
returned to Kansas in 1943, as a
judge. Bob Hannegan, Pendergast’s
collector of Internal Revenue for
eastern Missouri, took his place. The
downgrade regarding tax collections
Communication
Editor Daily Alaska Empire,
Dear Sir :
Last week an Empire ar-ticle
reporting the Chamber of Com- j
merce meeting on Thursday in
dicated I had predicted in a talk
before the Chamber early passage
of the Alaska statehood tpll. What
I thought I had said or at least
what I had intended to say was
that I cared to make no predic
tion as to the fate of the state
hood bill in the Congressional ses
sion starting January 8 next but
that I was convinced that state
hood cannot long be delayed.
Sincerely yours,
(Signedi E. L. Bartlett,;
, Delegate.
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started then and there.
One of Hannegan's greatest faults
was in the men he picked for the
key jobs of Internal Revenue col
lectors—the Finnegans and the De
laney's. Most of them were the i
choice of the big-city bosses, and |
as such naturally were beholden j
to the men who appointed them.;
So when the eagle-eyed Mr. Mor-(
gcntliau rowed with Truman, bowed
out of the Treasury, and later was j
replaced by complacent, sleepy John j
Snyder, the tax evaders really be-,
gan having a field day.
Most of the time John Snyder I
has had no more idea of what went I
on in his Treasury Department j
than Howard McGrath had in his |
Justice Department. In both places, |
the general policy was take it easy j
and take care of your friends.
(Ed Note-Another Pearson col-]
umn on the current wave of corrup- i
tion in government will follow soon).
e DECEMBER 18
•
• William H. Niederhauser
• Mrs. M. J. Lynch
j • Georgene Nancy Moore
• Mrs. Elsie Credo
e Mrs. M. O. Johnson
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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
hy the Weather Bureau are as
follows:
Anchorage . 5—Snow
Barrow ... . -9—Clear
Eethel . 33—Snow
Cordova 6—Cloudy
Dawson . -45—Clear
Edmonton . -16—Snow
Fairbanks . -27—Cloudy
Haines .. 6—Clear
Havre . -4—Snow
Juneau Airport . 8—Clear
Annette Island . 22—Clear
Kodiak . 37—Snow
Kotzebue . 9—Snow
McGrath . -8—Cloudy
Nome . 17—Snow
Nortfyway . -50—Clear
Petersburg . 16—Clear
Portland . 44—Rain
Prince George .2—Snow
Seattle . 41—Rain
Whitehorse . -38—Snow
Yakutat . 10—Clear
Community Event:
TODAY
At 6:30 p.m. — Supper Club meets
in N.L.P. church parlors.
At 7:30 p.m.—Chapeladies mem
bership Christmas party at home
of Mrs. John Hagmeir .
At 8 p.m.—Odd Fellows meet in
IOOF Kail.
At 8 p.m.—Folkateers will dance in
grade school gym.
At 8 p.m.—CDA annual Christmas
party in Parish Hall.
At 8:45 p.m.—Community Night for
Adults at Teen Age Club with
square dancing. '
December 19
At noon—Kiwanis Club meets at
Baranof.
At 8 p.nv—Elks Lodge.
At 3 p.m —Christmas operetta “The
Shepherd's Christmas” by com-'
bir.ed youth choirs at Methodist
church.
December 20
At noon—Chamber of Commerce
meets at Baranof Hotel.
At 7:30 p.m—City Council meets.
At 8 p.m.—Taku Post, VFW meets
in Jeep Oiub.
At 8 p.m.—Women of Moose meet.
December 21
At 1:00 p.m.—Christmas traw favor
committee of Garden Club meets
at home of Mrs. James Herdlick.
December 22
At 4 p.m.—Public Christmas •Sing’
at tree at Seward and Front. ’
December 23
At 11 am.—Christmas program at'
Chapel-by-the-Lake.
At 8 p.m.—Methodist church choij
musical program.
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Hospital Note:
Admitted to St. Ann’s Hospital
Monday were Rick Lindholm, Ralph
Littlefield; dismissed were Ray
Bowling, Warren Schomikel, Earl
Sebree, John Dick.
Admitted to the Government Hos- t
pital-Montjay were Mary Jackson,
Juneau; Percy Hunter, Juneau;
Margaret Prince, Kwiguk; Ambrose
Wunak, Chaneniak; Annie Kelly,
Pilot Station; dismissed were Gladys
Sakaegojc, Point Barrow; Wassilie
Owen, Akiak.
• EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY •
STRICTLY BUSINESS t,mcf..h«, 1 1
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“They use rather drastic measures to get customers in their
bargain basement!’*
20 YEARS AGO the empire j
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DECEMBER 18, 1931
U. S. Fisheries Warden N. O. Hardy and Mrs. Hardy, arrived on the
motorship Northland after spending several weeks in Seattle, where
he attended a conference on regulations for 1932. Hardy was to remain
here until Asst. Agent M. J. O'Connor returned from his vacation, after
which the Hardys would return to their home in Cordova.
Gov. George Parks conferred with Ernest Walker Sawyer, Assistant
Secretary of Interior, in Seattle regarding efforts being made to estab
lish a chemical industy in Alaska. Mr. Sawyer said the extensive quan
tities of coal and limestone in the Matanuska Valley region where there
was plenty of power available, were the basic materials for producing
calcium carbide.
Gus Gelles, business manager for the Alaska Guides Association,
was enroute to Hollywood to confer with movie officials with the idea
of taking sound pictures of Alaskan wild life. ,
Juneau and Douglas High Schools divided honors in the basketball
tournament in Haines, in last night’s games. The Juneau girls won
from the Douglas girls, 14 to 11, and the Douglas boys defeated the
Crimson Bears, 23 to 20. The White Pass five of Skagway defeated the
Fort Chilkoot team 20 to 17. In tonight’s game, Douglas High School
and the White Pass club were to play for the tournament championship.
Mrs. John H. Dunn, wife of the Clerk of the United States District
Court here, was a patient at St. Ann’s Hospital, for medical care.
Weather: High, 35; low, 29; cloudy.
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j Daily Lessons in English w. l. Gordon j
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “We have been doing that
right along.” Say, "We have been doing that REGULARLY (or PER
SISTENTLY).”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Emt>(yo. Pronounce em-bri-o, E as
in MEN, I as in IT, O as in NO, accent first syllable.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Dilemma; observe the two M’s.
SYNONYMS: Uneasy, uncomfortable, worried, disturbed, dis
quieted.
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:
MALAPROPOS; unseasonable; inopportune. (Pronounce mal-ap-ro-po,
both A’s as in AT, both Os as in NO, principal accent on last syllable.
Judging by the reaction of the audience, the speaker’s word were
malapropos.”
| MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA REE j
Q. What is the proper thing for one to say when one is departing
from church service and is shaking hands with the minister at the door? |
A. A bright smile and a cordial “How do you do,” is usually suffi- i
cient. But one may add, “I enjoyed your sermon very much.” In any
event, be brief, as there are people behind you who are waiting to speak
to the minister.
Q. I have heard that it is the duty of everyone who was invited
to a wedding to call on the bride after she returns from her honey- j
moon. Is this correct?
I
A. Yes.
Q. Is it proper to partake of water, tea or coffee at the table
while there is food in the mouth? '
A. No; the food should be swallowed before taking any liquid.
j LOOK and LEARN a! C. GORDON j!
1. Is dynamite detonated by ignition or percussion?
2. Who is the only prize fighter ever to hold three world cham
pionships at the same time?
3. What states of the U. S. have four-letter names?
■t. Who was the “Beloved Disciple”? >
5. What is a “comlnon carrier"? ‘
ANSWERS: . 1
1. Percussion.
2. Henry Armstrong.
3. Iowa, Ohio and Utah.
4. John.
5. A railroad, steamship or other company which carries or trans
ports passengers or goods for hire.
There is no subsiiute for
Newspaper Advertising!'
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9. Cube root oi
eight
12. Hebrew meas
ure
13. Tart
14. Organ of hear
ing
15. Heap
16. Cud-chewing
animal
IS. Cut of meat
20. Measure
' 21. Assert
23. Kdged weapon
27. Suitable
29. Go ashore
31. Lamb’s pen
name
32. Linger idly
' 34. Join the colors
36. Wild hog
37. Fodder pit
39. Teamster’s
command
40'. Calm
42. Lasso
44. Deal out
sparingly
40. Fleet animals
49. Moving back
53. Gael
54. Past
55. Kind of silk
66. Light carriage!
colloq.
57. Seed container
58. Fine and
delicate
59. Anglo-Saxon
slave
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2. Send out
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4. Regale
5. Remote
6. Keenness of
Intellect
7. Silver coin
8. Prepares for
publication
9. Beverage
10. Pale
11. Worthless
leaving %
17. Post of a
stair
case
19. Variety of
cabbage
22. Sailors
24. The ruling few
25. Ascend
26. Tropical fruit
27. Old French
verse form
28. Body of water
30. Take out
33. Manual voca
tion
35. Builder of the
ark
38. Peaceful
41. Sing in the
Swiss style
43. Skirt of a suit
of armor
45. Italian coin
47. Pertaining to
the dawn
48. Boil on the
eyelid
49. Knock
50. Self
51. Massachusetts
cape
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MEMORIALS
MARBLE and GRANITE
Monuments and Markers
JUNEAU MARBLE WORKS
Phone 426—302 Franklin St.
© B.P.O.ELKS
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
v_i
Taku Posi No. 5559
V. F. W.
Meeting every Thursday in
the Jeep Club at 8:00 p.m.
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NASH
SALES and SERVICE
CHRISTENSEN BROS.
909 12th Phone Green 279
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Brownie's Liquor Store
Phone 103 139 So. Franklin
P. O. Box 2596
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DON ABEL
Millwork-Glass-Building Supplies
Schorn Paint
PHONE 633—Juneau, Alaska
STEVENS’
LADIES’—MISSES’
READY-TO-WEAR
Seward Street Near Third j
The Charles W. Carter
Mortuary
Fourth and Franklin Sta.
PHONE 138 !
Caslers Men's Wear
McGregor Sportswear
Stetson and Mallory Hate
Arrow Shirts and Underwear
Allen Edmonds Shoes
Skyway Luggage
BOTANY
"500"
CLOTHES
NUNN-BUSH SIIOES
3TETSON HATS
Quality Work Clothing
FRED HENNING
Complete Outfitter for Men
SHAFFER’S
SANITARY HEAT
FOB BETTER MEAT8
13—PHONES—49
Free Delivery
r FIELD PROPANE GAS
j AND APPLIANCE CO.
"Gas Has Got It"
| Walter D. Field — Phone 581
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o EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY o
"The Rexall Store"
Your Reliable Pharmacist*
BUTLER-MAURO
DRUG CO.
Alaska Music Supply
Plano*—Musical Instrument*
and Supplies
Phone 206 Second and Seward
Card Beverage Co.
Wholesale ' 605 10th Bt.
PHONE Z18—DAY or NIGHT
for MIXERS or SODA POP
The Alaskan Hotel
Newly Renovated Room*
at Reasonable Rate*
PHONE SINGLE O
THOMAS HARDWARE
and FURNITURE CO.
PHONE 655
PAINTS -OILS
Bonders’ and Shelf
HARDWARE
Remington Typewriters
SOLD ard SERVICED by
J. B. Snrford Co.
"Om Doorstep Is Worn by
Satisfied Customers”
FORD AGENCY
(Authorized Dealers)
GREASES — GAS — OIL
Jnnean Motor Co.
Foot of Main Street
MAKE
JUNEAU DAIRIES
DELICIOUS ICE CREAM I
a dally habtt—ask for It by nans* (
Juneau Dairies, Inc. i
HOME GROCERY j
Phones 146 and 342 |
Home Liquor Store—TeL 6M
■ American Meat — Phone 38 |
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j To Banish “Bine Monday”
| To give you more freedom
\ from work — TRY
Alaska Laundry
H. S. GRAVES
The Clothing Man
LEVI’S OVERALLS
for Boys
BLACKWELL’S
CABINET SHOP
117 Main St. Phone 773
High Quality Cabinet Wat
for Home, Office or Store
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Old Friends and New
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for the Christmas Season
and the New Year
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