Daily Alaska Empire
Published every evening except Sunday by the
EMPIRE PRINTING COMPANY
Second and Main Streets, Juneau Alaska
HELEN TROY MONSEN - - - President
DOROTHY’ TROY LINGO - Vice-President
ARCHIE E CAMPBELL ... Managing Editor
Entered in the Post Office in Juneau as Second Class Matter.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
Delivered by carrier in Juneau and Douglas for $1.75 per month;
six months, $9.00; one year, $17.50
By mall, postage paid, at the following rates:
One yikr. in advance. $15 00; six months, in advance, $7.50;
cne montnT in advance. $1.50
Subscribers will confer a favor If they will promptly notify
the Business Office of any failure or Irregularity in the delivery
of their papers.
Telephones: News Office. 602: Business Office, 374.
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for
rfpubllcatioa of all news dispatches credited to it or not other
wise credited in this paper and also the local news published
herein.
NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411
Fourth Avenue Bldg . Seattle, Wash.
lit
"•.Wednesday, August 29, 1951
PARTY NAMES VS. PARTY AIMS
Names, labels and trade-marks can remain the
same over long periods, while the things they identity
can change almost beyond recognition. A lady's dress
is still called just that—but the garment of the early
1900 s bears slight resemblance to women's wear today.
And how about automobiles? The sleek, streamlined
cars of today show little family resemblance to their
pre-World War I ancestors.
And so it has gone with our major political
parties. We doubt that either the automobile or
women’s clothing has undergone such complete change.
The party name is no longer an Indication of the
ideals espoused by its spokesmen. Innumerable office
holders—elective and appointive—clothe their social
istic purposes in the respectable habilments of the
party and its tradition.
This is no less true in Alaska. The Democratic
party rolls number many who lean toward Marx rather
than Jefferson. The Republican party has its “lib
erals"—Fabian socialists whose activities must wring
shudders from the shade of Alexander Hamilton.
A political party should be more than a name or
a label. It should represent a political philosophy
and that philosophy should be a positive one
which the members of the party can endorse and
support. This is not true of either major political
party today.
Many Democrats are Democrats in name only.
The saAte is true .of the Repubicans. And many
mcmbeR of both parties vote the party ticket from
custom'^nd habit only, despite the fact that they
;an neither accept nor endorse the aims or objectives
ol the party.
Actually, the labels Democrat and Republican
mean nothing today, except in terms of machine
rrganization and political patronage. No house could
be more divided against itself than the inner councils
of both these parties. It would be a godsend if those
two terms could be discarded and new names chosen
for the two opposing political philosophies which exist
today.
Make no mistake — political thinking is as sharp
ly divided today as ever, if not more so. But it is
no longer divided along the traditional party lines of
Democrats and Republicans.
Briefly—and at the risk of over-simplification—our
; people today should be able to choose a party af
filiation which had one of the two political philoso
phies :
First, the philosophy which believes basically in
private enterprse, a comeptitive economy of both the
individual and the business; governmental help and
cooperation, but kept to a minimum; and a maximum
degree of self-determination in all matters left to the
individual States and Territories. .
This would be the party of such men as Byrd.
Byrnes, Russell, George, Holland and practically all
other leading Southern statesmen. It also would be
the party of Hoover, Taft, Mundt and many leading
Republicans.
The second party would have a philosophy which
called for an ever-increasing control by the govern
ment over both the econmic and political life of the
country. This thinking makes possible attractive
political promises, but as proven in other countries,
such as England, of short duration and eventual de
crease and loss of the rights and liberty to the indi
vidual and the several States. It is the philosophy of
the paramount right of the State over the individual.
This is the party of Truman, Benton, Eowles.
Humphries. Douglas and many Republicans, such as
Morse of Oregon. To call it the Democratic party is
a misnomer.
Such a confusion in political labels is unfortunate
indeed, especially with the country going into a vital
national election next year. It is to be hoped that
this situation recognized by the leaders of the
parties involved, and that some solution can be work
ed out whereby the voters of the country, in 1952, can
cast their ballots in such a way as to have them
effective in securing the type of administration which
will represent what the people want.
In a short six months, candidates will be filing
for office here in Alaska. Are these men to be elected
on straight party tickets? Or will we, for a welcome
change, use our ballots to elect men according to a
fair appraisal of their public worth? Will we be able
to look past the misleading labels and elect men of
integrity and nigh prinriple—men who are strong
enough to withstand the siren song of the socialist
planners—and place service before self?
Let us give serious though to these candidates and
to their records and to their proposals. Let us re
member that Alaska has more than its fair share of
the pink termites and that, while we cannot control
the appointive offices, we can and must fill the
elective posts to the very best of our ability and
judgment.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Continued from Page One)
over Russia with messages and
gifts to the Russian people has
been favorable. Government reac
tion has been reasonably favor
able—though slow. . . This column
ist holds no brief for any parti
cular means of reaching the Rus
sian people. If any other way :s
better than balloons, fine. But I
do maintain that as a nation we
are doing almost nothing to get
behind the Iron Curtain and show
the Russian people that we are
not what the Moscow propagan
dists say we are."
On Aug. 18, 1948, however, Pear
son indicated: "When this column
suggested floating weather ball
oons into Russia from Germany
with propaganda messages and
gifts attached which the weather
bureau says is quite feasible, the
army and air forces were most
enthusiastic. . . • but the State
Department said no. Russia, they
decreed, might be offended."
Pearson, however, did not take
"no” for an answer. He continued
his campaign until May 18, 1950,
when he wrote: "The State De
partment under live-wire assistant
Ed Bjrrett is re-examining the
matter.- A sincere effort is being
made to put across the Acheson
idea of 'total diplomacy'."
Since then, Pearson has contin
ued to point out the need for rev
olutionary diplomacy, and the bal
loons released for Czechoslovakia
this week may be the lirst step
in a long series of attempts to
demonstrate behind the Iron Cur
tain America's peaceful intentions.
TEARING A HOLE
IN THE IRON CERTAIN
) By GEORGE LARDNER
NEW YORK, Aug. 29—Though
Drew Pearson camouflaged his
trip to Germany as a news-gath
ering survey, it is now no longer
4 secret that the real purpose was
<o carry out a historic experiment
penarating the Iron Curtain
by senifng friendship messages
Via balloon to the Czech people.
For obvious reasons, the nature
Of the -trip could not have beer,
disclosed' in advance. But, now
(hat the launching of these ball
oons is. „«o secret either to the
Kremlin ;pr the Czech commun
ists some of the background and
Pearson's many months of prep
aration for this unique venture
ean be told.
; Pearson began with She Friend
*hip Train four years ago, to ex
pound the idea that diplomats
alone can’t make peace, that it
takes understanding between peo
ples. Putting action to words, he
proposed and carried out the
Friendship Trains to Western Eur
ope in 1947, following this up with j
Democracy Letters to Italy which
resulted in a million letters a
week clearing the New York Post
Office during the Italian elections.
Pearson's efforts toward people
to-people friendship with Western
Europe resulted in the Italian
people sending two pieces of stat
uary now adorning the approach
to Memorial Bridge near the Lin
coln Memorial in Washington,
while the French people sent the
Merci Train.
However, as Pearson himself
pointed out, it remained impos
sible for the, American people to
reach the Russian people and as
long as “the Moscow radio des
cribes us as warmongers threat
ening to invade Russia, it’s an ob
vious build-up for a war which
the Russian people don’t want
but which the 14 men in the
Kremlin have to justify.’’
“I Can Go Fishing”
So Pearson began not only writ
ing about the importance of pen
etrating the Iron Curtain with
the truth, but urging this policy j
on high officials. As early as the
summer of 1948, for instance, he
talked this over with then Secre-!
tary of State George Marshall,
Secretary for Air Stuart Syming
ton, General Omar Bradley, and
then Chief of Naval Operations
Admiral Louis Denfield. Specific
allV, he talked over the question
of sending message balloons on
the wind currents which in the
upper altitudes always float from
west to east.
The military, as Pearson repor
ted in his columns at that time,
seemed most favorable to the idea.
General Bradley’s reaction was:
“If you can get the truth across
to the Russian people, I can go
fishing."
But the State Department was
opposed._
Pearson, however, kept hammer
ing at the idea. And he discovered
not only considerable popular sup
port, but that many business firms
offered to send candy, wrist wat
ches and soap via balloon to the
people behind the Iron Curtain.
One Akron, Ohio, printer, Fred
Danner, offered to print a million
leaflets free to be dropped from
balloons.
And though official opposition
continued to Pearson's balloon
idea, he put Mr. Danner in touch
with the propaganda office of the
State Department with the result
that Danner supplied at his own
cost 1,000,000 colored supplements
for foreign consumption, explain
ing the American position on Ko
rea. These were distributed in the
Far East.
Pearson also had various meet
ings with heads of European labor
unions in an effort to find ways
and means of getting truth-mes
sages through the Iron Curtain
by way of maritime and transport
workers. He also met with leaders
of Russian, Polish, Bulgarian, and
Czech refugee groups not only to |
•I -a. t. 4
canvass ways of getting informa
tion inside the Curtain but to urge
better organization of these groups
in the United States. Much of
Pearson's work along these lines
never appeared in his column. He
did this as a private, citizen.
Two Communist Targets
At last, however, the balloon
idea was adopted last year on a
small scale by the ECA in Ger
many, where several thousand toy
balloons were released by West
Germans attending various fairs
and floated on the prevailing
winds into East Germany.
But the toy balloons did not
travel far, and Pearson was not
satisfied. He kept coming back to
his original theme and kept com
ing back to the State Department.
Finally in the spring of this
year he worked out an arrange
ment with the Committee for Free
Europe by which they would un
dertake a test of floating message
balloons to two Iron Curtain coun
tries.
One country was Czechoslovakia.
The other cannot be revealed un
til the operation actually starts.
Funds were raised to purchase
50,000 balloons and print 15,000,
000,000 leaflets on waterproof pa
per, and Pearson had the satis
faction oi seeing one phase of the
idea he had harped on for three
years finally bear fruit on the
Czech border one midnight last
week.
"Prague and the country which
jailed Bill Oatis is our first tar
get,” Pearson said. "But if this
test works, we will redouble our
efforts to make the next target
Moscow.”
New Atomic Test
Series Announced
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 — M —
A new series of atomic tests will
get underway soon in Nevada, and
the resultant radiation may be
detected in other parts of the
country.
The Atomic Energy Commission
in announcing this today empha
sized, however, that the radiation
will be only lightly above normal
and far below amounts that could
be harmful to human, animal cr
crop life.
The new tests will be carried
out with the usual secrecy pre
cautions, but the commission said
it hopes to stage a later test in
Nevada to be viewed by press,
radio and other reporters as well
as by representatives of civil de
fense agencies.
The announcement did not give
any dates.
It said simply that AEC has
“authorized a program of experi
mental detonations of both ordin
ary high explosives and nuclear
explosives to begin in the near
future.”
Jappv^S®!
AUGUST 29
L. J. McCaul
Pearl Kohlhenp
Jack Conway
Glen Johnson
Mrs. Frank Parsons
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 . 56—Cloudy
Annette Island . 61—Clear
Barrow . 38—Drizzle
Bethel ..50—Rain
Cordova . 48—Drizzle
Dawson .. 48—Cloudy
Edmonton . 50—Rain
Fairbanks . 54—Partly Cloudy
Haines . 55—Clear
Havre ... 55—Cloudy
Juneau . 44—Clear
Kodiak . 59—Partly Cloudy
Kotzebue .. 49—Drizzle
McGrath . 60—Rain
Nome . . 45—Drizzle
Northway . 50—Partly Cloudy
Petersburg . 45—Clear
Portland .,. 46—Fog
Prince George . 39—Cloudy
Seattle . 46—Cloudy
Sitka . 54—Fog
Whitehorse . 46—Cloudy
Yakutat . 50—Fog
Labor Day Parade
fe Protest import
Of Japanese Tuna I
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 29—(.«—
A floating parade protesting gov
ernment support of Japanese fish-j
ermen will\ be held Labor Day in;
San Francisco Bay, a tuna skipperj
said today.
Hundreds of tuna fishermen from
Alaska to the Mexico border are
coming here to demand a tariff oij
embargo against cheap Japanese
tuna.
One of the protest leaders, Fred!
\VoiieltST3jp ef San Pedro. Cal-f>; ar-j
lived here ^estmmjr.' tee's?lief tn»
Coast Guard has given permission
for the parade.
Wolleson claimed the U. S. sub
sidized Japan’s rebuilt fishing in-*
dustry.
"Our own government policy is
starving out American fishermen, 1
he said. "We can’t compete with,
! cheap Japanese labor.” it
However, Richard Croker, chief
of the state bureau of marine fish-,
eries, said Japanese competition wa*»
only partly to blame for the drop
in tuna prices—from $600 a ton last
year to about $250 a ton.
“Tuna packs and prices broke aty
records last year but it’s a glut o$j
the market now,” he said.
"These small albacore tuna fishfj
ermen are caught in the middle andf
I don’t blame them for getting sore.
But the government has already*
doubled the tariff duties on Japanjl
ese canned tuna.” ,,
AFL Drops from J
United Labor
Policy Committee
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29—#—'The
AFL today withdrew from the Uni
ted Labor Policy Committee tULPC)
—an organization formed nine
months-ago with the aim of present
ing a solid labor union front during
the defense mobilization period.
At the same time, it urged that
the CIO work toward eventual mer
ger with the AFL.
William Green, AFL president,
presented a formal statement an
nouncing (he AFL’s withdrawal to
a meeting of the ULPC. He said
the ULPC had been established j
only on a “temporary basis, ’ and!
added:
“It's operations never were and
never could be regarded a., a satis
factory substitute for organic unity |
of the free American trade union
movement.”
Represented on the ULPC were
the AFL, CIO and some of the
railroad unions.
The AFL leaders said that since
the committee was organized last
Dec. 14., it had accompli-hed its
major purpose in winning for labor
representation in the key defense
agencies.
NOTICE
Regular meeting of Pioneers of
Alaska Igloo No. 6 and Ladies
Auxiliary, Friday, August 31, 1951.
I.O.O.F. Hall at 8 p.m. 899-3t
TIDE TABLES
• Al'GFST 39
•
• High tide 12:24 a.m., 15.4 ft.
• Low tide G;53 a_.ni., -0.2 ft.
• High tide 1 19 p'm., 14.8 ft.
• Lew tide 7:03 p.m, 3.5 ft.
• •OCJCWOO#
t
20 YEARS AGO th*e empire 1
LT
AUGUST 29, 1931
Mrs. Keith Wildes, who recently underwent a major operation at
St. Ann's Hospital, returned to her home today.
Registered at the Alaskan Hotel are A. Kingsbury, George M. Smith,
Andrew Boe, A\ Iverson, C. Nelson, Herbert Lawson, Mike Fuchs. At
tiie Gastineau are: Mrs. Jean Larson, Mr. and Mrs. H. Sutherland,
ft. E. Laurence, F. Rangard and family, Mrs. I. McClure.
i Getting a bridge across the channel to connect Douglas Island and
juneau was the principal topic of discussion at the Douglas Chamber
of Commerce meeting this noon. The proposition now Mas the support
6f the Juneau Chamber of Commerce and it was reported steps are
being taken to present the appropriate data and resolutions to the
powers that be for securing the bridge.
P _
’ ; Mrs. Flora Zink of Juneau has taken one of the Reisser cottages
bi the corner of Fourth and D streets, which she is fitting up preparatory
til running a boarding house in Douglas.
f: -
ji The seaplane Sitka, piloted by Gene Meyring, left this morning
far Seattle with C. C. McDermond oi the Pan American Airways, Inc.,
t>*d Mr. and Mrs. Carmen as passengers. Carmen is connected with
the Alaska-Washington Airways Company which owns the Sitka. The
Petersburg, piloted by Bob Ellis, flew to Whitehorse this morning and
Was expected back late this afternoon with B. O. Smith and family.
Miss Mary Pullen, of Skagway, arrived here on the steamer Queen
and is a house guest of Miss Miriam McBride. She will leave in a few
days on the Admiral Watson for Kodiak where she will teach school.
F. A. Metcalf, who is engaged in surveying mining claims at Funter
Say for the Alaska Admiralty Gold Mining Company, came to town
last night on the gasboat Lou. He brought with him Lloyd Bayers who
is suffering from a slight attacK of appendicitis. Metcalf will return to
the camp tomorrow.
Weather: High, 60; low, 53; rain.
1
r
Daily Lessons in English L. cordon
i
t
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, 'He spoke out loud.” Say
"ALOUD.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Camaraderie. Pronounce ka-ma-ra
de-re, all A’s as in AH, first E as in HER, second E as in ME, principal
accent on third syllable.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Post-mortem; EM, not UM.
SYNONYMS: Outwit, thwart, frustrate, foil, balk, baffle, circum
vent.
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:
DIVERSITY; variety. “There are many diversities of character.”
'
MODERN ETIQUETTE
by
ROBERTA LEE
.1,;
Q. When a girl, who is about to be married, has been living part
of the year with her divorced mother who is now re-married, and part ol
the year with her father who is also re-married, how are her wedding
invitations worded?
A. In the name of her mother, as, “Mrs. Robert L. Fulton requests
the honour of your presence at the marriage ot her daughter, Betty
Ann Smith, to, etc.”
Q. When introduced to a stranger and this person says, “I re
member meeting you at (some time and place),” what should one’s
tesponse be?
A. An appropriate response would be, "It is very nice of you tc
j'emember me.”
Q. Is it proper to cut croquettes at the table with the knife?
A. No; the fork should be used for this.
j LOOK and LEARN a!c.GORDON i
l..-.j
1. What ar the six New England states and their captials?
2. What is the largest city in Scotland?
3. Can you name seven fruits that are also the names of colors?
4. What region's natives are called “Conches”?
5. What letter represents 500 in Roman numerals?
ANSWERS:
1. Mainfe, Augusta; New Hampshire, Concord; Vermont, Montpelier;
Masschusetts, Boston; Rhode Island, Providence; Connecticut, Hart
ford.
2. Glasgow.
3. Cherry, orange, lime, olive, tangerine, strawberry, lemon and
plum.
4. The Florida keys.
5. “D.”
.Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
t. Town In Ohio
4. Rebuff
5. Dull sound
12. Edge of a
garment
13. Covering for
the head
14. Circle of light
13. Playing card
?6. Not busy
17. Pitcher
18. Domain of a
baron
20. Deep hole
22. Geological
division of
strata
23. Road covering
27. Door fastener
28. Peel
29. Australian bird
1/ h !•» [ !i
0. Turkish com
mander
It. Glutted
12. Incision
12. Wine cask
14. Dry
15. Be defeated
IG. Inhabitant of
Hesse
IS. Nude
19. Put with
in. Suited
12. Large bird
Id. Metal
17. Afternoon
function
IS. Style of
penmanship
19. Variety of
chalcedony I
10. Type measures
>1. Whirlpool
15 Ifc 17 1
l
Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle
2.
3.
Watches
closely
Pigpen
DOWN
1. King of Israel
2. Ten command
ments
3. United States
citizens
4. Leg bones
5. Refined woman
6. Trouble
7. Ready
8. Greek letter
9. Turn left
10. Rubber tree
11. Snapping
beetle
19. Kind of tree
21. Frosted
23. Of the morning
24. Trims
25. Entertainment
26. Silent
27. Narrow strip of
wood
28. Garden of Eden
31. Uttered
35. Ingredient of
varnish
37. Arenose
38. Curves
40. Tiresome
" person
41. Not hard
42. Pronoun
43. Soft mass
44. Conjunction
. 46. Beam 4i light
MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. Hi
SECOND and FOURTH
Monday of each month
tn Scottish Rite Temple
beginning at 7:30 p. m.
Wm. A. Chipperflold,
Worshipful Master;
JAMES W. LEI VERS. Secretary.
•© B.P.O.ELKS
Meeting Second and Fourth Wed
nesdays at 8 P.M. Visiting broth
ers welcome.
LE ROY WEST, Exaxlted Ruler.
W. H. BIGGS, Secretary.
Noose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meetings Every Friday
Governor—
LOREN CARD
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANSEN
V. F. W.
Taka Posi No. 5559
Meeting every Thursday In
the C.I.O. Hall at 8:00 p.m.
NASH
SALES and SERVICE
CHRISTENSEN BROS.
909 12th Phone Green 279
t-'
Brownie's Liquor Store
Phone 103 139 So. Franklin
P. O. Box 2508
NICHOLSON’S WELDING
SHOP
Tanks and General Welding
ALL WORK GUARANTEED
P. O. Box 1529-Feero Bldg.
STEVENS’
LADIES’—MISSES’
READY-TO-WEAR
Seward Street Near Third
The Charles W. Carler
Mortuary
Fourth and Franklin Sts.
PHONE 136
Caslers Men's Wear
McGregor Sportswear
Stetson and Mallory Hat*
Arrow Shirts and Underwear
Allen Edmonds Shoes
Skyway Luggage
BOTANY
"500"
CLOTHES
NUNN-BUSH SHOES
STETSON HATS
Quality Work Clothing
FBED HENNING
Complete Outfitter for Men
SHAFFER’S
SANITARY HEAT
FOR BETTER MEATS
13—PHONES—49
Free Delivery
J. A. Durgin Company, Inc.
Accounting Auditing Tax Work
Room 3, Valentine Building
JUNEAU, ALASKA
P. O. Box &U Telephone 919
• EMPIRE WANT ADS TAY •
"The Rexall Store"
Your Reliable Pharmacists
BUTLERMAURO .
DRUG CO.
Alaska Music Supply
Arthur M. Uggen, Manager
Pianos—Musical Instruments
and Supplies
Phone 206 Second and Seward
Card Beverage Co.
Wholesale B05 10th Bt.
PnONE 216—DAY or NIGHT
for MIXERS or SODA POP
The Alaskan Hotel
Newly Renovated Rooms
at Reasonable Rates
PHONE BINGLE O
THOMAS HARDWARE
and FURNITURE CO.
PHONE 555
PAINTS - OILS
Builders’ and Shelf
HARDWARE
Remington Typewriters
SOLD and SERVICED by
J. B. Burford Co.
“Our Doorstep Is Worn by
Satisfied Customer*”
FORD AGENCY
(Authorized Dealers)
GREASES — GAS — OIL
Juneau Noior Co.
Foot of Main Street
MAKE
JUNEAU DAIRIES
DELICIOUS ICE CREAM
» dally habit—ask tot It by name
Juneau Dairies, Inc.
HOME GROCERY
Phones 146 and 342
Home Liquor Store—TeL 8M
American Meat — Phone SI
To Banish “Blue 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 Work
for Home, Office or Btaro
I
C. A. CARROLL
as a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASKA
EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENING
Present this coupon to the box office of the
CAPITOL THEATRE
and receive TWO TICKETS to see:
"QUICKSAND"
Federal Tax—12c Paid by the Theatre
Phone 14-YELLOW CAB CO.-Phone 22
ana an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and
RETURN YOU to your home with our compliments.
WATCH THIS SPACE—Your Name May Appear!
-J
Oldest Bank in Alaska
1891—Over Half a Century of Banking—1951
The B. M. Behrends
Bank
Safety Deposit
Boxes for Rent
COMMERCIAL SAVINGS