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NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411
Fourth Avenue Bldg., Seattle. Wash.
Wednesday, September 12, 1951
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP COSTLY
Chicagoans are learning the hard way that gov
ernment ownership of utilities is no bargain.
Back in 1945, tlMpIlliaOKj-peneral Assembly cre
ated the Chicago Transit Authority to own and oper
ate the transportation system in the Cook County
metropolitan area. CTA proponents promised a bright
new future to Chicago's harried passengers.
These benefits have failed to materialize, as is
usually the case when ^ju^t^i^n^ try to play business
Shortly after the 6jA took over the system in
1947. a new system of' tfs’rtsfe'rrf was devised, permitting
riders to use bus, elated, trolley, subway or "feed
er" bus successively fcfr 'a Single fare, so long as they
followed the shortest and most direct route to their
destinations. It waHTiiUfftirtHhat this added service
would naturally call for a nominal increase in fares.
And it did.
Since 1947, Chicago straphangers have submit
ted to a succession of fare increases to cover rising
operating costs. And the service isn't any better
than it was ten years previous.
Now it is reported that fares are to be jumped to
twenty cents—a record high . Riders are irate. The
rosy promises of 1945 have turned to ashes.
The new twenty cent fare will cause many older
Chicagoans to recall fondly the days when the transit
systems were in private hands and they could ride
nearly thirty miles on the ^ame car for seven cents.
In those days, elevated fares and bus fares were a
dime.
Chicagoans, too, are learning that "the people
pay" whenever »he government undertakes to solve
their problems.
LET’S CUT FEDERAL SPENDING
It is gratifying to learn that Congress is dis
cussing plans to cut tax levies proposed in the
House bill, but it would be much more to the point
if Congress would take prompt action to cut non
essential Federal expenses.
Nobody wants high taxes. However, in the long
run, high taxes are cheaper than Federal deficits.
High taxes are drawn from current income. Once
paid, they may be forgotten so far as they affect
today's earnings. On the other hand, Federal deficits
generate inflation, which makes serious cuts in the
value of bonds, insurance policies, pensions and other
revenue sources whose earnings are based on past
income. Thus. Federal deficits not only drain today’s
earnings, but yesterday's savings.
It has been frequently pointed out that more
than four and one-half billion dollars could be cut
from the President's budget for fiscal 1952 without
hampering the defense effort. It's high time some
body started the paring.
Report on the National Security cases, according
to the F. B. X. now surpass those of World War II
years.
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Who can remember the old days when men in
sisted upon personal fisticuffs to settle religious,
political and economic issues?
There is no use to be under the delusion that our
next war will be won without human casualties and
too many of them.
Political campaigns may be bad but without them
there would be no free elections without which we j
would have dictatorship. j
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Reading books is not always easy but it's better
than making mistakes through a lack of information.
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The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
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inital stages of its great liberating
mission to successful completion.
It has furnished the peoples oi
central and eastern Europe with
tangible proof not only that they
havfr-uui bean , fc)£g»tae« -fee_Ltu
American people, but also that the
walls of the Soviet satellite em
pire are not impregnable. It has
done more. It has made the en
slaved peoples find anew their
lost sense of belonging and saved
them from spiritual and moral de
cay.
The next phase of the balloon
casting will be of crucial import
ance. On it may depend peace or
war. The peoples of central and
eastern'- Europe are told by their
Communist masters that they have
a choice between saving the Com
munist^ regimes backed by Soviet
Russia, or a return to the old or
der as it existed before 1939 and
sponsored by the United.Staj.es of
America. There is no', jtjfmBt. that
the mass of the peoples tfenincj the
Iron Curtain do not want a return
either to the pre-1945 or the pre
1939 social and political - order.
They do not want to go back
either to the feudal social system
as legated by the middle ages, or
to the state-capitalist economic
system shaped by Adolf Hitler.
The masses do not i|jjnL„to be
‘liberated’’ in favor vtfrlNitef Vthe
dispossessed feudal passes, or Hit
ler's state, capitalist cAss<& be
cause th’efr “social r$volBiuifl? was
made against both of these. The
restoration of such a past is ma
terially .impossible. To allow the
peoples ijehind the Iron Curtain
even tojjplieve that America wants
a return to the past is to play dir
ectly into the hands of the Krem
ln and to consolidate the Com
mumst regimes in Europe.
All great historical conllicts an
fought under the label of ideas
President Woodrow Wilson under
stood this, and that is why he usee
the revolutionary idea of self-de
termination of nations to defeat
the enehiy in World War I. Today
because: of the very recent, burn
ing experience of Teutonic racial
discrimination and Communist
party bureaucratic, hlerarchal dis
crimination, the nations behind the
Iron Curtain will respond most
readily to two new ideas: that of
equality: and that of federalism
The first of these is featured in
the Declaration of Independence
and reaids: that the people of Am
erica believe and profess that "Ali
men are created equal.” This as
sumption does not exist in cen
tral and eastern Europe. In the de
cades .that preceded 1939, men were
created noblemen, landlords and
peasants, bourgeois and laborers.
It was almost impossible to rise
from one class to another. Even
the high bourgeois who attained
to nobility was ostracized by his
new class. Under the Communist
regimes men are not treated as
equals either. Distinctions are drawn
between the Communist rulers, the
bureaucrats, the party members
and the non-Communists in a
newly created hierarchy.
The idea that all men are crea
ted equally for liberty and the
pursuit of happiness sprang from.
the idea that man is created in
the image of God and from the
idea of the brotherhood of men.
Since these ideas permeate western
civilization, they constitute a res
ervoir of emotions to which we
must appeal in order to arouse
them.
The other great idea—that of
federalism—is the only practical
device by means of which the un
fortunate nations of central and
Eucuye .jam min ®atis»ai
security, prosperity, freedom of
cultural development.
The peoples behind the Iron Cur
tain do not long for social secur
I ity tapped £y the state; they do
not want to be taken care of like
children by their governments;
they are cured of the idea of
wanting to become inmates in a
state sanatorium. The Nazi state
capitalism of Hitler and the Com- ;
rr.unist state-capitalist system lun-1
der which the rulers, the leading
members of the party and the bur
eaucrats are the new nobility, en
joying all the privileges of the sys
ten) convinced them that under
totalitarian regimes the bureau
crats take care of themselves and
not of the people. Therefore, the
people behind the Iron Curtain
long for a chance to do something
for themselves. All they want,is to
set up conditions in which they
can find national security, a
cnance to build up their lamnies
well being and free cultural de
velopment for their children. In
this, America c&n serve as the
guilding example.
The American experiment proves
conclusively that sovereignty can
be divided. The federal system, di
viding loyalty between 48 states
and one -common federal govern
ment, possesses the virtues best
adapted to assure common natural
defense, economic democracy and
cultural development. Moreover
the divided loyalty organized by
the federal constitution is under
modern economic concentration,
the only efiectve safeguard against
cuiamanuii uiciaiursnip. wiuiuuc
a vast free market, mass produc
tion is impossible. Without mass
production, there is no economic
democracy, which requires cheap
production of commodities and
work for all to acquire the means
to buy them. Economic democracy
is the only weapon by means of
which Communism can be defeat
ed. Moreover, the federal principle
holds out the hope to the peoples
of central and eastern Europe that,
once liberated and organized, they
w’ill be safe from Imperialist ag
gression either by Germany or Rus
sia.
The American ideas of equality
and federation are as revolution
ary to the peoples behind the Iron
Curtain as they were to the people
of the thirteen colonies. They are
designed to give the enslaved
peoples something worth while
working for and hoping for. The
knowledge that 16 million Amer
icans pledged themselves to help
these ideas take root and triumph
is a guarantee to them that they
are not vain promises. These Am
erican ideas, therefore, possess the
dynamism capable of undermining
the Soviet satellite empire, rep
resent the only means of avoiding
World War III, and prepare a sa
fer and happier future for the cen
tral and eastern European coun-1
tries.
Mrs. Forsyfhe
Guest of Honor
At Baby Shower
Honoring Mrs. Earl Forsythe, a
fcaby shower was given Tuesday
at the home of Mrs. Nathalie Gus
tafson, 326 5th St., by the follow
ing ijQstesses: Mesdames Rf»s IS/Iili^1
Gordon Kanouse, Art Riendeau,
Joe McNallen and Ray Mansfield.
Guests invited were Mesdames
Robert Faulkner, Steve Sheldon.
A1 Becker, Pat Carroll, Hienie Mc
Leod, Jack Crowley, John Dobler,;
Art McKinnon, Gene Loekridge,!
William Hixson, Sandy Matson, C.
E. Becker, Stuart Houston, Don
Able, Emmett Botelho.
Orin Adelman, Hunt Gruening,
Cliff Nordenson, William Sweeney,
Carl Rusher, Vern Lee, Wallace i
Westfall, Jack Westfall, Tom
George Jr., Sheldon Simmons, i
Frank Buckner, Jack Kearney, I
George Hartman, Don McGee,!
Charles Femmer.
Rudy Pusich, Guy Russo, Kath
ryn Andrews, Leota Smith, Viola
Phillips, Rudy Dobler, Gladys
Vuille, Joe Thomas, Rod Darnell,
John McCormick, Ada Sturrock.
and Don Kane. The Misses Peggy
Pearce, Pat Grove, Lenne Lempke,
Ada Burns, Emma Houston, Viv
ian Powers, Kay Nelson, Dorothy
Farrell.
LUTHERAN CHOIR
PRACTICE BEGINS
Choir rehearsals at the Resur
rection Lutheran Church will be
grlti tonight at 8 o’clock under the,
direction of Miss Marjorie Iver
son, Mrs. Dick Peter announced to
day. Rehearsals will be held each
Wednesday night. All former choir
members and other interested per
sons are invited to attend, she said.
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“On to Honolulu" will be the
theme song for the Catholic Ba
zaar on Friday and Saturday of
this week.
Carrying out the idea of Hawaii
will be orchids from the Islands
for the first hundred women to
come to the bazaar Saturday night.
They will be given free at the
door. There will also be sun-rip
ened pineapple from Honolulu,
flown here for this occasion.
Committees that have been work
ing for weeks on the Bazaar 11T
clude:
White elephant sale, Mrs. Agne;
Dobner, chairman and Margaret
Fassett and Lillian Fitzpatrick
members. Mrs. W. E. Biggs i;
chairman of the sewing commit
tee and with her are Mrs. Mauat
Hamlin, Irene Spechts, May God
kin, Evelyn Astone, Betty Notting
ham, Betty Dawley. Mrs. Gleni
Leach and Lois Poole.
Mrs. John Durney and Mrs. Pat
Gilmore will have charge of th(
tea room.
Mrs. George Haen is arranging
a plant sale that will attract gar
den club and house plant enthus
iasts.
The Catholic Daughters of Am
erica will have charge of various
sale booths for this special annual
event of the church.
Mis. Vincent Isturis is chairman
of a booth managed by the Filipinc
Ladies Auxiliary.
Betsy Ann Baxter is in charge
of the Catholic Youth Organiza
tion’s junior refreshment booth. A
fish pond is the project of the
Cardinal Club with Paul Doyle
and Shirley Meuwissen as chair
men.
In charge of games will be Ken
neth Thibodeau and Evan Wruck
Master of ceremonies for this
annual special occasion will be
“Pat” Carroll.
The Bazaar will be given Fri
day night, and Saturday afternoon
and night in the Parish Hall.
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“Mr*. Scott said her husband received $100 dividend on one
of his investments today. Why don’t YOU
invest in something, Ed ?”
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Weather at
Alaska Points
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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 44—Cloudy
Annette reland .. 51—Rain Showers
Barrow.38—Drizzle
Bethel 36—Clear
Cordova . 39—Partly Cloudy
Dawson . 41—Clear
Edmonton . 44—Clear
Fairbanks .. .29—Clear
Haines .47—Clear
Havre. 47—Cloudy
Juneau Airport . 41—Clear
Kodiak . 49—Partly Cloudy
Kotzebue . 46—Cloudy
McGrath . 40—Cloudy
Nome... 38—Clear
Northway ... 29—Clear
Petersburg. 50—Fog
Portland . 49—Clear
Prince George . 42—Clear
Seattle . 49—Clear
SPka . 48—Cloudj
Whitehorse .. 29—Clear
Yakutat .. 39—Cloudj
Cathofk Bazaar
Starling Friday
With Hawaiian Motif
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SEPTEMBER 12, 1931
R. E, Robertson and son Elliott will be southbound passengers on
the Princess Louise tomorrow morning. The father, a Juneau attorney,
will be in Seattle a few days while the son arranges to enter the Uni
versity of Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Kelsey, who arrived some time ago to visit Mrs.
Kelsey's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ike Sowerby, left this week for Seward
to spend two week with friends. They will return here at the end of
that time for another visit.
Walter B. Heisel and M. L. Stepp of Juneau, who are attending
a convention of the National Federation of Federal Employees in
Seattle, have urged that federal employes in Alaska receive 25 per cent
more pay than those in the States because of higher cost of living.
Mrs. Wellman Holbrook will leave here Sunday on the Princess
Louise for Seattle. She will be absent until the latter part of Novem
ber visiting friends in Seattle and Walla Walla.
After a six weeks visit with her parents in Seattle, Mrs. Mike
Pusich, wife of the "Hub” proprietor in Douglas, with her two small
children, returned home on the Northland today.
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Miss Mamie Feusi, accountant for the Juneau Cold Storage, goes
on her, annual vacation today. She plans to leave on the Princess
Louise in the morning to visit Seattle and Tacoma for the next month.
Approximately 4,500 pupils were enrolled in 103 educational plants
of all kinds in the Territory, which were opened for the school year of
1931-32 early this week by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. To direct these
schools the services of 240 personal are required, the Commissioner of
Indian Affairs said. They include superintendents, teachers, janitors
and other employees.
Juneau girls leaving tomorrow for school in the States include:
Mary Simpkins and Mary VanderLeest who will attend Maryhurst
School at Oswego, Ore.; Iris Gray who will resume her studies at
Oregon State College, Corvallis; Elizabeth Pullen will return to the
University of Washington and Miss Stewart Elliott will matriculate at
a young ladies’ school in Victoria, B. C.
Weather: High, 59; low, 58; cloudy.
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WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “We must first see the
nanager before we do it."’ Omit FIRST.
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Miscrosccpe. Pronounce mi-kro-skop
ik, first I as in MIGHT, first O as in NO, second O as in ON, principal
recent on third syllable.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Acquiesce; observe the five vowels.
SRNONYMS: Allure, attract, entice, inveigle, lure, tempt, coax
:ajole, decoy.
WORD STUDY: “Use a word three times and it is yours." Let us
ncrease our vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word:
DECREPITUDE; state of being broken down with age. “The building
s in a state of decrepitude.”
! MODERN ETIQUETTE Roberta lee I
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Q. What is the meaning of “table d’hote” as used in restaurants?
A. This means a set price for each meal, irrespective of how many
courses you order. “A la carte” means that you order “according tor
the card," and you pay for each dish ordered.
Q. When giving a bridge party which follows a luncheon, is tht
lostess expected to serve sandwiches or cakes during the game?
A. No.
Q. What should be done with the knife after cutting food at the
able?
A. Place it at the upper right-hand edge of the plate, and ON1
he plate, never with the handle resting on the table.
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2. In what U. S. state are the greatest natural bridges in the
vorld?
3. What is the gas given off when fruit juices.ferment?
4. What Biblical character's name is synonymous with lying?
5. On what two islands was Napoleon confined?
ANSWERS:
1. Any cloud from which rain is falling.
2. Utah.
3. Carbon dioxide.
4. Ananias.
5. Elba and St. Helena.
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SECOND and FOURTH ,
Monday of each month yX\
in Scottish Rite Temple
beginning at 7:30 p. m.
Wm. A. Chipperfu'ld,
Worshipful Master;
JAMES W. LEI VERS, Secretary.
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Meeting Second and Fourth Wed
nesdays at 8 P.M. Visiting broth
ers welcome.
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Your Reliable Pharmacists
BUTLER-MAURO
DRUG CO.
Alaska Music Supply
Arthur M. Uggen, Manager
Pianos—Musical Instrument#
and Supplies
Phone 206 Second and Seward
Card Beverage Co.
Wholesale B05 10th St.
PDONE 216—DAY or NIGHT
for MIXERS or SODA POP
The Alaskan Hotel
Newly Renovated Room#
at Reasonable Rates
PHONE SINGLE O
THOMAS HARDWARE
and FURNITURE CO.
PHONE 555
PAINTS-OILS
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. Foot of Main Btr^jt
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Juneau Dairies, Inc.
HOME GROCERY
Phones 146 and 342
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American Meat — Phone 36
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