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NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES
Fourth Avenue Bldtt.. Seattle. Wash.
Alaska Newspapers, 1411
Friday, November 2, 1951
WILL U. N. TRY TO PROMOTE
IMMIGRATION?
Tiie United Nations organizaton, which, with Its
many ramifications, tackles about every job in the
world, i interested in plans to promote the immigra
tion of 1,7000,000 Europeans to overseas countries.
At the recent meeting in Naples, Italy, delegates
from twenty-seven nations, including this country,
discussed plans for coping with surplus population and
manpower problems. The group, organized by the
International Labor Office, is concerned mainly with
raising working and living standards throughout the
world.
Everybody recognizes the problems that face over
populated countries but not everybody in the world
believes that every under-populated country has the
obligation of accepting additional immigration. Those
countries which desire additional immigrants can cer
tainly take steps to secure them—but what about the
United States where immigration is restricted by law?
The question arises as to whether the United
States, in accordance with its membership in the
United Nations, would be bound to accept a determina
tion of that organization and open its doors to the
immigrants that the UN thinks it should receive.
This is not so far-fetched as it may sound, because
already, in a California case, the court has decided
that a treaty obligation, made through the United
Nations, is superior to the laws of this country.
We would like to make a small wager that if
plans are in the making to send 1,700.000 Europeans
to new homes, Alaska is being considered seriously
for settlement by refugees. It has been in the past.—
and for settlement in numbers from 10,000 to 100,000.
On paper, the Territory with its great area and
small population would seem a natural for settlement
purposes.
But the very fact that our population is small
would make it difficult to absorb great numbers of j
refugees. And no matter how kind our hearts, how
friendly we might feel toward the homeless of Europe'
until more industries have been established in Alaska
and more jobs are available, it will be better to
discourage any mass settlement of the north.
THAT IS THE THANKS THEY GET
The raising of postage rates on newspapers and
magazines suggested this comment by the Whiteville
(N.C.) News Reporter:
", . . But if any subsidizing is being done, it is
being done by the newspapers and magazines, rather
than by the government. Who is it that gives free
advertising to the Marine, Army and Air Force,
Navy and what-have-you recruiting services? Who
is it that gives free space to the post office about
mailing early at Christmas? Who is it that gives
column after column to government agencies to pro
mote this or that cause? Who is it that donates
free space to the promotion of Defense Bonds sales?
"It would be poetic justice if the newspapers
would charge governmental agencies for this space
which has been donated so generously and thus
equalize the burden which the President proposes.
But they won’t do it. The public interest is far
more important than any revenge which might be
obtained through striking back at faulty thinking.
And, after all, it will be the public that will be hurt
if rates are increased.”
Bridge might not be such a waste of time if
the players would stop talking about the hands
they played last week.
People continue to get killed through avoidable
accidents and the toll will continue as long as men
exist on the globe.
The people in Juneau control their own des
tinies; this community will be just as good as the
people who live in it.
One of the puzzles that confront the student of
human nature is the great attraction that scandal
has for minds that belong to the "pure in heart.”
When you see a young man busy attending to
his own business, you may be sure that he will one
day be an old man with some business to attend to.
Some business men spend half of their time
trying to scheme to get somebody else’s money and
the other half trying to keep somebody else from
getting theirs.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
vContinued from Page One)
ono flapping round his half-naked
torso, keeping Harry Hopkins up
until 3 a.m., and finally pushing
British policy across on the reluc
tant Roosevelt in various parts of
the world.
Today, American policies have
largely become British policies—in
Greece, Turkey, western Europe,
japan and China. But in those days,
British policies usually became Am
eiican policies, thanks to the tire
less, persuasive, masterful man in
the red and gold kimono, who would
not sleep until he had persuaded
U. S. leaders to yield.
A lot of memories come crowding
back to the diplomats who attend
ed those meetings, vivid memories
ol a vivid personality who domin
ated whatever meeting he attended
and usually shaped the world the
way he wanted it. Here are some of
them:
Churchill at Casablanca — Here
Win.- Lon put across two things: the
Italian campaign through the "soft
underbelly of the axis,” which did
not prove to be soft, which many
U. S. strategists felt was a mistake;
seco id, a pledge from FDR that the
Mediterranean Theatre would be
Briti. h-deminated. . .This meant
American communicai.uns even be
tween our own personnel had to be
sent over British radio; that all
trail portation was okayed by the
British, that all political decisions
were British, that a British general
superseded Gen. Mark Clark in
Italy. . It also meant -after the war
— that the U.S.A. suplied the tanks,
the lend-lea.se, the UNRRA supplies
in Greece, while Churchill fixed
policy.
Churchill on Greece—Shortsighted
Churchillian policy in Greece can
best be summarized in his own
words, a telegram Churchill sent to
Gen. Ronald M. Scobie, British
commander in Athens: "Do not hes
itate to act as if you were in a
conquered city. . .You should not
hesitate to open fire on any armed
male in the Greek capital who as
sails the authority of the British.
. . Keep and dominate Athens.” . . .
British highhandedness in Greece,
taken without coasulting the U. S.
A., finally forced London to dump
the entire problem in our lap. We
have been both paying the bill and
fixing policy since. Before, we mere
ly paid the bill.
British in Egypt—The one-sided
results of the Churchill-FDR polit
ical deal lor the Mediterranean
were inadvertently summarized by
U. S. near eastern commander,
Gen. Benny Giles, at a press con
ference in Cairo. . "Gentlemen,”
he said, "I have noticed that you
have been writing political news.
You are war correspondents. You
are part of the U. S. Army and you
will write nothing critical of Brit
ish policy in the middle east.”
Churchill on China—Meeting with
Chiang kai-Shek and FDR in Cairo
in 1943, Churchill flatly opposed an
allied campaign over Burma road.
. . .This was what Chiang wanted
most. But Churchill, vetoing it, ar
gued for a campaign to retake Brit
ain's old possessions—Singapore and
| the Maylays. . .At this Chiang start- j
ed to pack up, threatened to go
home. To assuage him, FDR pro- j
posed the British give up Hong
Kong, making it an international;
port under the United Nations.
Churchill’s reply: ‘‘I did not become
Prime Minister to liquidate the
British Empire.” . . .Chiang return
ed to China empty-handed, and it
was this failure to get political sup
port—not pro-Communist advice by ,
George Marshall — which really
started the downfall of the National
ists.
Churchill at Ottawa—One of the i
constant battles between the U. S. ]
military and Churchill all during j
the war was the far east. General j
Marshall, then chief of staff, wanted j
real support for Chlang, not make- :
believe warfare. . .At Ottawa he j
was so impatient that there was.
almost an open break with British j
chief of staff Sir Alan Brooke. . . j
It was after this row that Churchill j
proposed Marshall take over the j
European allied command. This
would get him out of Washington (
where he had the power to allocate
troops to either theatre; put him in |
Europe where he would become ab- >
sorbed with European problems. . .
At Ottawa, Churchill put likable,
handsome Lord Mountbatten, a cou
sin of King George, in command
in Burma-India. But the British
remained in control and no serious
large-scale campaign ever got start- |
ed. . .The critics who now damn
Marshall for Communism in China
forget his consistent urging of aid
to Chiang. . .The British, who re
fused even the political sop of Hong
Kong, thus encouraging Commun
ism, later have wanted to recognize
Communist China, and have used
Hong Kong to ship supplies to the
Communists.
Churchill on Second Front—Wis
est policy Churchill ever argued
during the war years was at Teher
an—.regarding the second front.
However, he was a couple of years
late. . .Early in 1942, U. S. military
leaders actually started planning a
cross-channel operation from Eng
land into France. But Churchill
sidetracked it to the so-called un
derbelly of the axis, which turned
into long, drawn-out months of
fighting. . .At Casablanca, the 2nd
front came up again. Churchill de
creed: "I will not squander the
seed of the British Empire." .
Having in mind the inevitable loss
ot British youth, Churchill then
laid down a flat ultimatum that in
any cross-channel operation, Brit
ain would supply 25 percent of the
troops, the United States 75 per
cent. This stopped U. S. military
planners cold. At that time—the
spring of 1943—they did not have
the required troops in England.
They had been sent to North Af
rica and the "soft underbelly."
Six months later, at Teheran,
Churchill argued for a continued
2nd front through the soft under
belly—namely, Greece, Yugoslavia,
Austro-Hungary. Stalin demanded
a 2nd front across the channel, aim
ed at the heart of Germany. . .
What Churchill had in mind was
keeping Russian troops out of the
Balkans, and politically he was
right. But what the U. S. general
staff had in mind was military
strategy and winning the war more
quickly. So they ruled out the long
transportation haul through the
Mediterranean to the Balkans, vot
ed with Stalin for the shorter, quick
er jab at Germany via England.
Militarily they were right.. Shortly
thereafter the war was won. But the
cold war, which Churchill foresaw,
has been dragging , on ever since.
Mormon Church Relief
Society Holds Meeting
The annual relief society confer
ence of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints will be held
Snday at 7:30 pin., in the branch
chapel at Tenth and E Streets,
branch president LeRoy Davis an
nounced today.
He urges all branch members to
attend. The program will carry out
the theme as stated in Psalm; 46:1,
2: ‘God is our refuge and strength,
a very present help in trouble, there
fore we will not fear."
Relief society president Ella Bel
cher will give the greeting and re
port the year’s activities. The ladies'
chorus will sing two numbers. Ef
fie Boutin will center her remarks
on the conference theme.
Ward Officers and teachers will
be sustained by the branch mem
bers, Davis said.
NOVEMBER 2
Daily Alaska Empire
Joseph A. Thibodeau
Mrs. Theodore Mack
G. Erwin Hachmeister
Arne Kronquist
S. B. Simmons
William Paul, Jr.
Joe Sprague
Gerald McLaughlin
Kent Hayden
Karen Jones
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 . 40—Cloudy
Barrow . 19—Clear
Bethel . 35—Rain
Cordova .44—Drizzle
Dawson . 24—Cloudy
Edmonton . 28—Cloudy
Fairbanks . 38—Partly Cloudy
Haines .<. 39—Rain
Havre.26—Cloudy
Juneau Airport . 39—Rain
Annette Island . 39—Rain
Kodiak .. 40—Clear
Kotzebue . 33—Partly Cloudy
McGrath .. 27—Cloudy
Nome . 35—Rain
Northway . 14—Clear
Petersburg . 40—Rain
Portland . 54—Clear
Prince George. 28—Cloudy
Seattle .. 37—Clear
Whitehorse . 35—Clear
Yakutat . 43—Rain I
DOUGLAS
MEWS
TAKU TRAVELERS SATURDAY
The Taku Travelers Square dance
group will meet at the Douglas
gymnasium for another evening of
dancing, Saturday evening, Novem
ber 3. There will be callers and
beginners practice between 8 and
8:30 o'clock, with regular squares
formed at 8:30.
STATED COMMUNICATION
Gastineaux Lodge No. 124, F. and
A M, will hold a Stated Communi
cation on Tuesday evening, Novem
ber 6, in Masonic' hall at 7:30
o'clock according to announcement.
The announcement also states there
will be important business to act
upon as well as balloting and re
freshments.
COMMUNITY THANKED
Edwin C. Johnson, president of
the local Lions Club and Arne Shud
shift, chairman of the Hallowe’en
Party, expressed their thanks to the
people of the community and the
Douglas Highway residents for their
splendid support of the Hallowe’en
Party which proved so successful.
There were about thirty sacks of
treats left over, together with a
box of apples and some oranges,
which according to Mr. Johnson
were delivered that evening to the
Johnson Children's home on Glac
ier Highway, (no relation to Presi
dent Johnson), by the secretary,
Stephen Ford.
LADIES MEETING
Next Monday evening will be
Ladies Night for the Douglas Lions,
with their ladies in attendance at
the regular meeting at Mikes Place.
Meeting as usual will start at 6:30
p.m.
SPECIAL NOTICE
Dr. Steffen’s final address: Sub
ject: ' Minding Our Own Business.”
6 p.in. Methodist Church. 954-lt
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by McFwtters
3>«&
hu ^ wind keep* up we can get to a garage with
ft dead motor!”
20 YEARS AGO empire j
NOVEMBER 2, 1931
Delayed by stormy weather as well as the loading of heavy canned
salmon shipments at ports to the westward, the steamer Alameda ar
rived in Juneau southbound just 24 hours behind schedule. Among
passengers debarking here were Lt. and Mrs. J. R. Noyes, Sam Baker,
J. K. Clausen, J. J. Meherin and R. H. Stock. Leaving for Seattle
were Mrs. R. J. Sommers, Cedric M. Davis, W. D. Gross, Zalmain
Gross, H M. Porter, G. W. Polta and C. Wakelin.
“Kids are good,” was the verdict of R. S. Raven, superintendent of
’schools here, after Hallowe'en had passed without damage to property
or acts of vandalism. The soaping of windows was youth’s only in
dulgence, according to police reports.
A music club for children was organized in the Dunning Studio,
for the purpose of furthering the study of music. The following officers
were chosen: Alice MacSpadden, president; Forrest Bates, vice-presi
dent; Donald MacDonald, secretary-treasurer, and Claude Helgesen,
correspondent.
Bids for supplying linoleum for floors of all rooms in the Federal
Territorial building had been called for by the supervising architect.
The contract would involve the largest linoleum deal in the history
of Alaska, the cost running into thousands of dollars.
United States Attorney and Mrs. H. D. Stabler had taken apart
ments at the MacKinnon Apartments for the winter, after having
moved in from their summer home on Glacier Highway.
Weather: High, 43; low, 37; rain.
Daily Lessons in English w.l. cordon ]
WORDS' OFTEN MISUSED: Dn not say, “We are very pleased that
he is with us.” Say, "We are very MUCH pleased that he is with us.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Research. Accent on second syllabic
preferred.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Canape (appetizer) . Canopy (covering).
SYNONYMS: Infinite, interminable, illimitable, limitless, unlimited,
eternal.
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:
SUBSIST: to have existence. "It would be difficult to subsist on this
kind of food.”
| MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA LEE |
Q. Is it correct for an employer to introduce his secretary to a
caller by saying. "Mr. Jones, this is my secretary, Miss Brown," or
should he give the woman's first name, “Miss Brown, this is Mr.
Jones”?
A. In the business world, the most important person is mentioned
first, regardless of sex.
Q. When a girl invites a boy to her school dance, is it the boy’s
obligation to pay for the tickets?
A. No; when a girl invites a boy to her own school dance, she must
furnish the tickets.
Q. How do the men and women seat themselves in a restaurant
that has sofa seats?
A. The women always sit against the wall (or partition), and the
inert sit on the chairs facing them.
j LOOK and LEARN a.c. GORDON
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1. What is the highest position in diplomatic service?
2. What is the English name for each of these cities: (a) Wien,
(b) Firenze. <c) Muenclicn?
3. What is the carnival name for Shrove Tuesday?
4. What is a facade?
5. What line follows: “And what is so rare as a day in June”?
ANSWERS:
1. Ambassador.
2. (a) Vienna, (b) Florence, (c) Munich.
3. Mardi Gras.
4. The front or chief face of a building.
5. "Then, if ever, come perfect days.”
CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP
Having purchased The Imperial
Restaurant from Lauria Jordan, as
of October 31, 1951, we will not be
responsible for any debts, of the
former owners.
Buddy Gomez and Steve Gaun
zon. owners. , 953-2t
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Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
i. Tree
4. Music drama
9. Uninteresting
12. Constellation
13. Heathen
14. Organ of sight
15. Animal of the
weasel
family
17. Purloined
19. Article of
belief
21. Be under
obligation
22. Cleaning
Implements
24. Go in again
28. Present
29. Flat circular
plate
30. Guido’s high
est note
31. Babylonian
deity
32. Completely
confused
35. Birthplace of
Abraham
3G. Topaz hum
ming bird
38. An English
queen
39. Pleasure Jaunt
41. Official in
certain
games
43. Underground
worker
44. Passing
fashion
45. Velocity
47. Looked
50. Trees of the
genus Ainus
53. Portion of a
curve
64. Retinue of
attendants
56. Pinch
57. However
68. Strained
59. Plaything
DOWN
1. Sprite
Solution of Yesterday’* Puzzle
2. American
general
8. Building
material
4. Commences
6. Head
6. For example:
abbr.
7. Oriental
commander
8. Those who
have the
same hour*
but opposite
seasons
9. Obliterate ^
10. Cereal grass
11. Japanese coin
16. Earliest
known vld
Instrument
18. Acknowledge
20. The seven
principal
stars In the
Big Dipper
22. Clip
23. Form Into a
fabric
25. Princely
Italian family;
26. Baffle
27. More unusual
29. Large dog
33. Most difficult
34. Shouted
37. Cultivate
ostenta> \
tiously
40. Set in from
the margin
42. Spike of corn
43. General fracag
46. Strikes gently
47. Be profitable
48. Before '
49. Appointed to
arrive
51. Short for a :
South Amer-1
lean city I
52. Catch sight of
56. At an inner
point
MEMORIALS
MARBLE and GRANITE
Monuments and Markers
JUNEAU MARBLE WORKS
Phone 426—302 Franklin St.
B. P. 0. ELKS
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. HERMAN8EN
Taku Post No. 5559
V. F. W.
Meeting every Thursday in
the Jeep Club at 8:00 p.m. •
NASH
SALES and SERVICE
CHRISTENSEN BROS.
909 12th Phone Green 279
Brownie's Liquor Store
Phone 103 139 So. Franklin
P. O. Box 2396
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Tour Reliable Pharmacist*
BUTLER-MAURO
DRUG CO.
Alaska Music Supply
Arthur M. Uggen, Manager
Plano*—Musical Instrument*
and Supplies
Phone 206 Second and Seward
Card Beverage Co.
Wholesale 805 10th St.
PHONE 218—DAT or NIGHT
for MIXERS or SODA POP
The Alaskan Hotel
Newly Renovated Rooms
at Reasonable Rates
PHONE SINGLE O
THOMAS HARDWARE
and FURNITURE CO.
PHONE 655
PAINTS-OILS
Builders’ and fehelf
HARDWARE
Remington Typewriters
SOLD and SERVICED by
J. B. Bnrford Co.
“Onr Doorstep Is Worn by
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Juneau Dairies, Inc.
HOME GROCERY
Phones 146 and 342
Home Liquor Store—Tel. 6M
I American Meat — Phone 3S
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LEVI’S OVERALLS
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