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NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411
Itourth Avenue Bids.. Beattie. Wash.
Tuesday, May 1, 1951
EMPHASIS MISPLACED
A subcommittee of the House Appropriations
Committee the other day voted to cut a budget of
$97 million plus to $9 million plus for the Voice of
America, sqys the Cincinnati Enquirer. This money
was to be used mostly for the erection of short and
medium wave stations. One of the reasons given for
the cut, according to a news report from Washington,
Is that the subcommittee did not like the way the
Voice of America was being run.
This reason seems to be one of misplaced emphasis
reflecting directly on the State Department which
operates the program of the Voice of America. If the
Congressmen had said that they did not approve of
the program or that they considered these additional
transmitters as unnecessary, they would have been
acting more reasonably. Jf all government appro
priations were raised according to the manner in
which its countless branches operated, they scarcely
would be sufficient to keep the wheels turning.
The Voice of America program has had its faults,
and undoubtedly still has. It may or may not need
$90 million worth of radio transmitters. We have
no more way of knowing that than we have of know
ing whether the manpower needs of the military
establishment' are what they are purported to be. But
we question the validity of the subcommittee of the
House Appropriations Committe's reported objection
which appears to be based on prejudice against the
State Department’s methods of operation rather than
on an , analysis of its needs.
An Item of $10 Billlion
f. (Cincinnati Enquirer)
'the (.Of* ptfigram now being put before Congress
by President Iruman is unmistakably a staggering
one. The Prjiident is asking for tax increases to
produce $10 billion a year additional revenue, and
for later increases to bring the annual increment to
$16’t- billion. His object is to maintain the budget
in balance in spite of the enormous total of expendi
ture proposed. ■
It would not lie correct to describe this tax pro
gram as “an impossible Ihing to do"—as one Con
gressman has )>ut it. The country can pay that addi
tional sum in taxes each year, if necessary. It can
do so without economic disaster, by taking it out of
the standard of living. But before any such burden
is laid on the American people, Congress should m ike
certain it has stripped from the budget every dollar
of outlay that is not absolutely essential to the nation s
security.
“Defense" Is a comprehensive term. It covers
not only procurement for and maintenance of the
armed forces, but aid to various allies overseas. It
includes some public works projects designed to step
up our War potential. But it cannot properly be
stretched to take In welfare programs, merely on the
ground that they would make for a healthier, more
contented nation to meet the rigors of possible war.
If defense were to include such items, virtually the
entire .Federal budget would be covered. And the term
"defense" woulfi’.rease to have any meaning.
The. fiYst duly of Congress, therefore, is to dig
dowTn underneath the label “defense” and examine
every proposal for expenditure, regardless of whether
it is classified as a defense outlay. >
If tills is done, and if the committees ‘brdongress
bring in ti iiudget stripped of its nonessential items,
the American people will be ready to pay the bill,
no matter how many billions are added to the tax
burden. There is no arbitrary limit to the amount of
taxes we can pay or to the percentage of our na
tional Income we can devote to public expenditure.
There is no breaking point, at which the national
economy folds up.
But it is desperately important that any new tax
measure be one the people regard as valid. They can
and will pay, even to the point necessary for a budget
in balance.' But they have to be shown, before they
give up goods and services they want very much,
that the government itself already has made a com
parable: tsicriftefe, giving up the projects and services
and employes that, are not essential to the nation’s
security. ’ Qnly after this is done, and done thor
oughly. can fee Congress approve a large new tax
measure in good conscience.
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The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Continued from Page One)
only half as big as that facing us
today, was thrown against the U.
N. It was not one million men as
MacArthur aqqqpqed- Yet . tjhat
relatively small Chinese force threw
the 8th Army for a headlong re
treat of more than 120 miles. Fur
thermore the Chinese Army of last
December was poorly equipped
with small arms and almost no
heavy artillery.
Today, twice as many Chinese
are attacking, equipped with twice
the firepower of last December.
Meanwhile U. N. forces are only
slightly bigger than as of last De
cember.
Chief change between now and
then, however, is in American
fighting spirit and strategy, for
which Lt. Gen. Matt Ridgway de
serves most of the credit. Here is
what he has done:
American Guerrillas
1. Previously, the mechanized
American forces were roadbound
and easily outflanked by the Chi
nese, who swarmed through the
backwoods and rice paddies, usu
ally keeping off the main highways.
Ridgway has now moved his in
fantry off the roads, and trained
them to fight on the Communists’
own ground. Instead of relying on
trucks and jeeps, Ridgway has
hired South Korean bearers to
haul supplies to G.I.s who are dug
in off the highways. Ridgway also
has used guerrilla-trained American
rangers to harass the enemy be
hind their lines.
2. Ridgway has moved cautious
ly, and patrolled every step of the
way, instead of racing ahead pell
mell, as Lt. Gen. Edward Almond
and the late Gen. Walton Walker
did last November to see whose
troops could reach the Yalu River
first. Ridgway also keeps tight lia
ison between his front-line com
mands, in contrast with the eighth
Army and Tenth Corps last Novem
ber which were forced to keep in
touch with each other through
Tokyo, a thousand miles away.
3. Ridgway has reorganized his
command down to the company
level. This got rid of incompetent
officers and gave the men new con
fidence in their commanders.
4. Ridgway has also bolstered the
South Korean troops, who fight
ferociously against North Koreans
but flee in panic from the Chinese.
Ridgway gave the South Koreans
a taste of victory over the Chinese
by integrating South Korean and
American units and throwing them
into battle side by side. Ridgway
also assigned South Korean soldiers
to count the Chinese dead. Tins
las helped, but not overcome the
South Koreans’ psychological fear
of the Chinese.
Congressional Procrastination
Hours—even minutes—are vital
to a starving person. Yet Congress
dawdled months before agreeing to
consider legislation to feed the
hungry mouths of India. Behind
this inaction is another story of
how the American people rise to
the occasion when their senators
and representatives fail to act.
It was a growing floodtide of
gifts to the Indian Embassy, from
people in all parts of the United
States that caused isolationists in
| Congress finally to consent to a
J iVRtc pn the food-for-India bill.
However, the isolationist bloc, led
by GOP Rep. Clarence Brown ol
Ohio, put up a vigorous battle be
fore the legislation was finally
jarred loose from its dusty pigeon
hole in the House Rules Commit
tee.
Another Republican, also from
Ohio, Rep. John Vorys, took just
the contrary view. He personally
appeared before the Rules Com
mittee group to urge that the In
dian aid measure be reported to
the House floor, where members
could vote for or against. Herbert
Hoover also went on record with a
strong endorsement of the bill.
But Congressman Brown argued:
"This is another idea of Dean
Acheson and the State Department
crowd vo scatter our assets to the
four winds."
“If what you say is true, then
Acheson is taking his cue from a
great humanitarian in your own
party,” shot back Democratic Rep.
Ray Madden of Indiana. Madden
then read Herbert Hoover’s plea
to aid India as a "human neces
sity.”
“You’ve never been a friend Of
Herbert Hoover,” bristled Congres
sman Brown.
“Well, I’m going along with him
on this,” retorted Madden.
Acting chairman Gene Cox,
Georgia Democrat, who had been
quietly abetting Brown's blockade
of the India aid bill, also changed
his tune; but for a different rea
son. Speaker Sam Rayburn of Tex
as sent word to the Rules Com
1 mittee that he wanted no more
stalling on food-for-India.
Note—Both the Senate and House
are now' set for a final vote on the
wheat-for-India bill. The House
bill provides for a loan of #190,000
000, while the Senate bill provides
for $200,000,000 of food, of which
half is a loan, half an outright
gift. Herbert Hoover proposed that
all the food be in the form of a-gift
Army Reserves Protest
Army and air force reserve offi
cers have registered plain-spoken
protests with General "Lightning
Joe” Collins, the Army chief of
staff, and the House armed servi
ces committee about the shoddy
treatment of reserves.
“The morale of a large percent
age of reserve officers on active
duty is at an all-time low.” pro
tested Colonel C. M Boyer of the
Reserve Officers Association. “The
system breeds a group of ‘yes men’
rather than officers who can think
and act independently.”
The gripes are threefold: while
regular officers are serving a grade
or two above their permanent
rank, the reserves are put below
their permanent reserve status.
Some Army and Air Force reser
vists after sweating out training to
qualify them for a reserve promo
tion, must requalify now that they
are back in uniform.
Promotions of reserves are based
on paper records. If the Army
wants to promote 15 majors to
Lieutenant Colonels, 45 records are
pulled out and the top third on
paper elevated. The others are
| marked as “passed over.”
"It's like the fellow who ordered
rabbit hash,” commented Col. Boy
er. "He found it was mostly horse
meat and asked the cook why he
dared call it rabbit hash. The cook
answered, Well, it’s 50-50, one rab
bit and one horse.’ This policy is
one horse, too.”
POKER OUTLAWED
BY CALIFORNIA
STATE ASSEMBLY
I SACRAMENTO, May 1,—!£)—The
California State assembly voted 61
to 9 today to outlaw draw poker in
California.
It overpowered all attempts to
alter the bill intended by assembly
man Herbert J. Klocksiem (R-Long
Beach) to drive poker parlors out
of business in Gardena and other
cities. t
The measure now- goes to the
Senate.
RETURN TO JUNEAU
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Liddle re
turned to Juneau on the Princess
Louise after a honeymoon in the
states.
May 1
Bob Pasquan
Robert J. Sommers
Z. M. Bradford
Mrs. William Jockala
Mrs. Miles Godkin
Harold DeRoux
Patricia McNamara
Gladys Davis
Mae Hansen
COMMUNITY EVENTS
T O I) a v
At 7:30 p.m. — Delta Chapter, Beta
Sigma Phi meet at Baranof.
At 7:30 p.m. —Dorcas Society will
meet at home of Mrs. A. L. Zum
walt, 131 Main.
At 8 p.m. — Civil Defense Council
meet, in Elks auditorium.
At 8 p.m. — Odd Fellows meet in
IOOF hall.
At 8 p.m. — Folkateers will meet
in Grade school gym.
At 8 p.m. — Auxiliary of American
Legion meets in Dugout.
At 8:30 p.m. — Community Center
Night for adults at Teen Age club
with square dancing.
At 6:30 p.m. — Odd Fellow's to ob
serve 132nd anniversary at dinner
in IOOF hall.
May 2
At noon — Kiwanis Club, Baranof.
At 1:30 p.m. — Business meeting
of JW C in AEL&P penthouse.
At 7 p.m. — Mothers of Seniors will
meet in high school.
At 8 p.m. —Elks lodge.
At 8 p.m. — WSCS meets in Little
Chapel.
May 3
At noon — Chamber of Commerce
meets at Earanof.
At 8 p.m. — Special meeting of
Alaska Potters at home of Mrs.
Florence Holmquist.
May f-.
At 1:30 p.m. — Martha Society des
sert luncheon at home of Mrs.
Tom Morgan.
At 8 p.m. — Regular meeting of
Juneau Shrine Club.
May 7
At noon — Lions Club, Baranof.
At noon —- BPW meets, Baranof.
At 8 p.m. — American Legion meets
in Dugout.
May C
At noon — Rotary Club, Earanof.
COSTS REAL MONEY
T9 LIVE, FAIRBANKS,
ANCHORAGE, REPORT
WASHINGTON, May 1. —'-Tl - A
labor department survey shows
that living costs in major Alaska
cities were almost half again as
high as in Seattle.
The survey showed that prices
of food and services, including rent,
were 40 per cent higher in Anch
orage and 47 per cent higher in
Fairbanks than in Seattle in Febru
ary, 1951.
Using Seattle costs as 100, the
labor department estimated these
major budget item costs in the two
Alaska cities:
Anchorage—food 137; apparel,
119; housing, 213; other services
such as medical care, transporta
tion and recreation, 125; all items,
140, all items except housing, 129.
Fairbanks — food, 147; apparel,
125; housing, 217; other services,
130; all items, 147; all items.except
housing, 136.
The Brenner Pass was crossed no
fewer than 66 times by various
I emperors between 793 and 1402.
ACROSS
1. Skill
4. Tag
9. Immerse
12. American rail
road magnate
13. Puff up
14. Make a mis
take
15. Sure
17. Untidy
ly. Deprived of
20. Variety
21. Kingly
23. Pertaining to
sensation
26. Correlative of
either
27. Rhythm
29. Great Lake
an. Put with
32. Ordeal
34. Measure of
length
35. Slave
37. Bring upon
one’s self
39. Type of rail
way: colloQ.
4ft. Molasses
42. Systemic dis
turbances
44. Russian sea
45. Festival
40. Representation
in miniature
48. Unpaid debt
61. Masculine name
52. Ancient
language
54. Take the
evening mead
65. Peculiar
50. Mountain ridge
57. Beverage
\
Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle
DOWN
1. Segment of a
curve
2. Female ruff
AP Newsteaturot •
3. Linger
4. Folder
5. Dismounted
6. Forbid
7. And: French
8. Fruit
9. Give back
10. Bitter vetch
11. Attempt
16. Span of horses
IS. Gaelic
20. Pinnacle of ice
in a glacier
21. Cook in a cer
tain way
22. Arrangement
23. Large net
24. Vexed: colloq.
23. Shouts
25. Musical shake
31. Anticipated
with fore
boding
*33. Lake in
Switzerland
36. Transportation
money
3S. Sound of the
surf on the
shore
41. Kind of lily
43. Smallest
amount
45. Glass in the
making
46. Low
47. Aged
48. Devoured
49. Suffer remorse
30. Mineral spring
33. 100 square
meters
20 YEARS AGO thTe empire
MAY 1, 1931
Twenty local high school students received an E, or excellent grade
for the past .six weeks of work. They were: John Hellenthal, Grace
Meggitt, John Stewart. Dorothy Bakke, Verna Hurley, Muriel Jarman
Lillian Peterson, Billy Nikish. Mary Schramen, Robert Simpson, Gordon
Ingman, Olval Kukkola, Lena Bardi. Jean Faulkner, Grace Nelson, Bar
bara Winn, Gene Carlson, Duncan Robertson, Margaret Hanson. Helen
Torkelson.
After waiting in Juneau 14 hours over departure time for adjourn
ment of the Legislature, the Admiral Rogers departed at 9 a. m. May 1
for the south. Lawmakers aboard were: A. H. Ziegler and J. E. Johnson
bound for Ketchikan: E. Daly, also for Ketchikan and W. L. Paul for
Petersburg. The following pa sensors were booked for Seattle: J. E
Torgva, Mr. and Mr . C. R. Collins, George Y. Inouye, A. C. Arnson.
Senator Luther C. Hess of Fairbanks, President of the Senate, was
presented with a watch at close of the Legislature as a token of esteem
from members of the Senate.
Mrs. W. A. Fleek was elected vice-president of the Women's League
of Douglas, succeeding Mrs. R. Bonner, resigned, and Mrs. Robert Fraser
was elected secretary to replace Mrs. A. J. Balog, who also resigned.
New officers elected at a meeting of Moose Lodge for the ensuing
year were: Supreme Dictator, Ed Rodenberg; R. A. Reischl. dictator;
E. Dalton, vice dictator; Neil Rennysie, prelate; R. R. Markoe, treasurer;
G. A. Baldwin, secretary; W. J. Manthey, sergeant-at-arms; Henry Gor
ham, and C. Bamasson, trustees; P. Bartello, inner guard; Amos Son
berg, outer guard.
Weather: High, 49; low, 43; rain.
Daily Lessons in English w. l. Gordon i
..j
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, "Is it raining outside?’
The OUTSIDE is superfluous, and should be omitted.
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Palatial. Pronounce pa-la-shal, first
and third A's as in AH unstressed, second A as in LAY, accent second
syllable.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Accompaniment; observe the two C's and
the I.
SYNONYMS: Pungent, acrid, biting, caustic, stinging.
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:
ADROIT; dexterous; clever. "His adroit handling of the matter restored
harmony.”
Q. When a woman has been dining with a friend and her hostess
has no maid, is it all right for the woman to help her hostess clean off
the table,.stack the dishes, and the like?
A. She may offer to help, but she must never insist if the hostess
declines her offer.
Q. When a man escorts a girl to a small dance, is it necessary that
he dance all evening with her alone?
A. Not at all. He may ask any girl’s partner if he would like to
exchange dances.
Q. Is it proper for women to refer to their husbands by their last
names, as “Barnes” or “Smith,” instead of "Dick” or "Bill’’?
A. This sounds rather coarse or ill-bred to me.
LOOK and LEARN a{ C. GORDON |
1. What name was applied to the Medieval wars between the
Christians and the Moslems?
2. What is the parent mint in the United States?
3. For what, in English money, is the ’quid" a slang term?
4. In what famous novel does Lady Rowena appear?
5. What is a “soiree”?
ANSWERS:
1. The Crusades.
2. The mint at Philadelphia.
3. A pound.
4. “Ivanhoe,” by Sir Walter Scott.
5. An evening party. Pronounce swah-ray, with accent on second
syllable.
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Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather condition? and temper
ature.! at various Alaska points
also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30
a.m., I20*h Meridian Time, and
released by the Weather Bureau i
are as follows:
Anchorage 35 - Cloudy |
Annette Island 41—Partly Cloudy I
Barrow ............ 17—Snow |
Bethel . 26—Cloudy !
Cordova . . 28—Partly Cloudy I
Dawson .- .. 32—Cloudy
Edmonton . 44—Rain
Fairbanks . 35—Cloudy j
Haines . 33—Cloudy ,
Havre . 49—Cloudy j
Juneau Airport . 31—Cloudy j
Kodiak . 36—Cloudy
Kotzebue .. 17—Snow
McGrath . 33—Cloudy
Nome . 20—Snow
Northway . 31—Snow
Petersburg . 43—Cloudy
Portland . 45—Cloudy
Prince George .... 30—Partly Cloudy
Seattle . 33—Partly Cloudy
Sitka .... .. 36—Cloudy
Whitehorse . 24—Clear
Yakutat . 31—Cloudy \
U, S FLAG
IS RUN UP
IN VIENNA
VIENNA, May 1,—'/PI—Five hund
red Russian officers and men sal
uted in Vienna today as the Am
erican flag was raised over the in
ternational sector of the capital.
In a spirit of east-west harmony
which exists nowhere in the world
except Vienna, American troops al
so saluted as the hammer and sickle
flag was lowered in an impressive
ceremony of marching bands and
troops of both nations.
The occasion was the turnover!
of responsibility for military po- j
licing of the inner city from the!
Russian to the American.
'PAN AM TO HOLD
SALES CONFERENCE
HERE THIS MONTH
A Pan American World Airways
Alaska sales conference will be held
in Juneau May 15 and 16, B. F.
Dunn, district traffic agent an
nounced today. Representatives
from the Seattle, Portland and San
Francisco offices will also be in
attendance. Visiting agents will ar
rive May 14.
Sessions will be held at the Bar
anof Hotel, May 17 will be given
over to royal entertainment for
the visitors. Sight seeing, banquet
and cocktail parties are planned.
Twelve or 15 agents are expected.
MARTHA SOCIETY TO
MEET THURSDAY P. M.
The Martha Society will hold I
the regular business meeting Thurs
day, May 4, at the home of Mrs.
Tom Morgan at 1:30 o'clock.
Mesdames Stanley Baskin and
Kenneth Clem are the hostesses
for the dessert luncheon and Mrs.
Ralph Martin will lead the devo- i
tions.
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MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 147
SECOND and FOURTH
Monday of each month
in Scottish Rite Temple
beginning at 7:30 p. m.
Wm. A. Chipperfield,
Worshipful Master;
JAMES W. LEIVERS. Secretary.
@ B.P.O.ELKS
Meeting every Wednesday at 8
P.M. Visiting brothers welcome.
LE ROY . WEST, Exalted Ruler.
W. H. BIGGS, Secretary.
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Noose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meetings Every Friday
Governor—
ARNOLD L. FRANCIS
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANSEN
- i
v. r. w.
Taku Post No. 5559
Meeting every Thursday in
the C.I.O. Hal! at 8:00 p.ni.
Brownie's Liquor Store
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P. O. Box 2508
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PIIONE 216—DAY or NIGnT
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