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NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES
Fourth Avenue Bide.. Seattle. Wash.
Alaska Newspapers, 1411
Wednesday, July 25, 1951
WASTE AS USUAI.
Recommended reading is an article by Stanley j
Hi :h in the July issue of the Reader's Digest, entitled
"In Washington It's Waste as Usual. ’
Mr. High's article is informative and thought
provoking and should be of great interest to the tax
paying public.
In this article, Mr. High points out that, despite
Mr. Truman’s fine words about "strict economy, the
Federal government has been adding civilian employees
to its swollen payrolls at the rate of 1,000 a day and
that the figure has recently increased to about 2.000
a day. However, the writer holds a Congress that
can’t say "No" equally responsible with .the President.
He Quotes Senator Paul Douglas as saying that
most government employees, by means of .vacations,
sick leaves and holidays, get .10 weeks off each year
at full pay. The average government .employee works
1.650 hours a year in contrast with the “very liberal
standard" of 1.900 hours a year in private industry.
Comparing time off, the average government worker
gets six weeks more time off each year than does
his counterpart in private enterprise.
The article points up a great many other items
which should give taxpayers pause. For example,
red tape in purchasing has run administration costs
up to point where procurement costs on $2.75 worth,
of paper cups amounted to $17 35 in one department.
A 50 cent magazine cost the taxpayers $14.39 by the
time procurement costs had be n added.
Mr. High spoke of some offices so heavily over
staffed that employees were instructed to write per
sonal letters during office hours in order to create ’
aii illusion of industry when visiting officials pass
through the office.
While situations as described above are probably
the exception rather than the rule, they serve to
remind us that the long-promised government econo
mics are long overdue.
If the government continues In Its unprecedented
mas ■ hiring, we may find overselvcs in the peculiar'
position of being a nation of federal jobholders with
out any private industry to pick up the tab.
Out-of-Order Crystal Ball
(From the Philadelphia Bulletin)
According to Senator Lehman, MacArthur was
consistently wrong in every prediction he made during
the last 20 years. Still, in a modest military wav, ho
seems to have done all right. The question S . v. ich
can we host use at present, a prophet or a general?
“A new spot on the sun is 100,000 mites :r; and j
25,000 miles wide.” It is said that this is the largest
freckle ever seen in this neck of the universe.
The man who found a valuable pearl in an oyster
stew in a night club the other evening almost broke i
even.
——
A bureaucrat is one who never known which way
the vgind is blowing until he's chi sing hi hat.—(Path
finder).
The Washington
Kerry-Go-Round
(Continued from Page One)
ting the flood areas back on their
feet. And on the plane en route
to Washington, the President also
emphasized to Wilson that he was
to bt entrusted with this import
ant •\tra work.
One tiling that impressed both
Wilson and the President on the
trip was tlic effect of the flood on
national defense. For instance, the
new channel which the flood cut
through Kansas City Weight Minis
cau|1i t, 8.000 boxcars, 5,000 oi
then! loaded. Likewise, Kansas
City's cattle pens, where a Ians
segment of the nation’s cattle go J
to market, had been washed away.
So the President, talking to Wil
son* on the plane, told him to
shoot the works.
Tiuman Goes to Bed
Then, being a little urea ironi
the long day and having enjoyed
Kansas City’s traditional liquid
hospitality—due no doubt to the
water shortage — the President
went forward in the plane and
went to bed.,
Wilson,' however, sat up until
1:30, when the plane landed, go
ing over flood rehabilitation plans
with his chief assistant, Allred
Howes, whose home is in Wichita,
Kansas, and who is thoroughly j
familiar with that area.
Next morning, following out his j
plsidental instiructUi, Wilson,
called a meeting ol all coopera- j
ting mobilization agencies. He
called it lor 9 a m . despite the
fact that he hadn't landed until
1:30 and had to scramble for a
car at the airport, while Gen.
Lewis Pick and the top brass went
off in limousine. .
At the 9 a.m. meeting, Wilson
explained the seriousness of the
llood problem, . aid that the Pres
idept had placed him in charge
and started a three-hour survey
of what the Federal government
could do. One by one he went
round the table, assigning each
man a part of the job, discuss
ing priorities for lumber, steel,
railroad cars, how sufficient trac
tors, combines, and farm machin
ery could replace those lost in
the flood without disturbing the
delimit effort. Wilson even went
into the fact that farm machinery
mutt be produced not piecemeal,
but on an assembly-line basis, In
order to save time and effort.
One Absentee
However, there was one empty,
seat at the long table of about
30 government officials. This was
the chair of Raymond Foley, in
charge of defense housing.
About noon, Mr. Foley came in,
his hair slightly awry, obviously
rushed.
“Excuse my lateness," he ex
plained, "but I was called to the
White House and detained there."
"Thai's all right." said Wilson,’
“w«’U call on you next."
Then Foley, not. .knowing what
the meeun. had been c. cubing,
proceeded to announce that the
President had call d him in to
give him the job cl rehabilitate
the 'iood-stricken area.-.
Cui. eete silence fell on the
loom. Wilson turned white, look
ed down at his papers, pretended
to shuffle them.
Still not sensing what had
happened. Foley protect d t
line his own pjaiia for the :io 1
areas and to say that he would
call on this man and that for
help.
The silence continued. Wilson
did not say a word. Finally, as ]
Foley conduct'd, he announced; I
"I he meeting is adjourned.”
Wilson still did not challenge
Foley, even after the meeting
broke up, but his assistant, Howes,
did. Ke pulled Foley aside, told
him what had happened. Foley
looked just as surprised as Vdi
son.
He had been away on a two
week vacation, was suddenly call
ed to the White House and placed
in charge of flood rehabilitation.
That was all he knew. Apparently
the President had forgotten his
conversation with Wilson l:ie
night before. He only remembered
dial a mouth before he had put
Foley in charge oi dina.-tcr relief.
While Foley and Howes were
talking, director of the budget
Frederick Lawton telephoned. He
had been at the meeting, was
flabbergasted at what had hap
pened, and wanted to see Wilson
to straighten things out.
At lirst Wilson, furious, would
not see him. For two clays ne re
t used—two days during which
Lawton and Howes finally
straightened things out. They
drafted a letter which the Presi
dent signed, directing Wilson to
take over all Hood problems on
a national scale and asking him
to work with Foley on matters
pertaining to the local and muni
cipal level.
Foley, incidentally, went out of
his way to cooperate, and, in the
end, so did Wilson.
The story is stranger than fic
tion. But Washington is a strange
place, and in this case, like iic
ticn, things have now been patch
ed up and subordinates are work
ing well together on flood rehab
ilitation.
Mexico's Next President
Behind the scenes in Mexico,
a complex political struggle is
shaping up which may well make
that bustling, prosperous nation
one oi the .hemisphere's crucial
hot pots within a year.
When President Miguel Aleman
became Mexico's chief executive
in 1946, it was the fir t time since
1930 that a civilian had been el
ected to that job—and only the
second time in nearly half a cen
tury. The change-over was sup
posed to signify finhl relinquish
ing of political power by Mexico’s
military rulers.
One of them, however, Gen.
Lazaro Cardenao, who held the
Presidency* from 1934 to 1940, has
continued to be the backstage
"strong man” of Mexican politic .
Cardenas approved, in principle,
taking control of government out
of the army's hands, and suppor
ted Aleman; but the issue has
since been complicated by inter
national developments.
Today, with another President
ial election coming up next year,
leftish General Cardenas is list
ening carefully to the arguments
ol friends and former colleague
who insist that the country, by
ialling under the influence of big
business interests, is drifting rap
idly away from its "revolutionary
principles.”
Their solution—or at least the
one they present when talking to
him—is for General Cardenas to
lun again. Privately, few of these
i friends would really like to see
that happen. For Cardenas is cn
j tirely loo independent for their
I purposes. But they feel sate in
I urging it because there is almost
no chance that Cardenas, well
'content with his present role,
would accept.
i A more likely outcome is that
the general will decide to back
1
another military man for the of
ficial candidacy. Mexico is still,
in practice, a one-party Republic
where the opposition is allowed to
campaign but never to win.
If Cardenas does put up an
other general, it will be becau c
he feels that Aleman's regime ha
grown too chummy with U. S.
capitalists. And this is where the
complexities come in.
The Mexican army, though r
has little or no interest In liberal
democratic principle1 js, still sym
bolizes “liberalisin'’ to a large pah
of the population, because ii
fought the revolution ar-unst do
mestic reactionaries. And,
largely to memories of the U.
invasion of Vera Cruz in -la
many old-line, high-rankin:; mil
itary men are anti-American.
Mexico’s pro-Communist cle
ment, therefore, i; astut.lv sce.:
in;r to exploit there sentiments for
its own ends. Vincente Lombard
Toledar-o, red-lranin , Mexican
labor leader, is one of those v . I
seek to turn Cardenas si ah’. |
adm.li >tta ion. Anotu
IS Gen. Heriberto Jura, onetime
chairman of the official Pltl par
ty and former navy minister, vh
was awarded a Stalin “pc-act
If there men succeed in per
suading the potent ex-president
to follow their advice, it may
mean that the real i sue in th
19r>2 election will he Mexico' re
lations with the U. S. and the
western democracies. But that i»s
sue is apt to be so deliberately
clouded by domestic arguments
that Mexican citizens won’t real
ize what they’re' actually voting
for—until it’s too late.
FROM NEW YORK
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Babson of
New York City are at the Baranof
'Hotel.
Dr. and Mrs R. G. Sherwood cf
Tulsa. Okla. are guests at the Bar
aiiof Hotel. •
prize this year.
• July 25
• John L. McCormick
• Fred G. Endres
» John EuvarU '
o Lewis Taylor
• Eddie Hughes
o Paul Smalt:.:
• Jerry' Allen Moore
• Margot Henrik-on
• Robert Kroken
Kafmii Blows Up •
To Darken Skies
75 Miles Away
KODIAK, July 25, —(#1
Muunt Ka treat volcano on
Alaska Peninsula erupted
today with a shower of ashes
darkened an area 75 miles at.
There were no reports of dm .
or injuries from the isolated . - ,
gion.'
T! . at the i ur.e.l
c-ar.o occurred' at 4:43 a.m„
a ni. Juneau time.
Wa’i Fuhrcr, cannery man : s :
Kukai:, a , ‘tlcment 75 miles tx .-.a
the mountain on the south . ■;
of the Peninsula, said ashes it)’.
there reuuckc, visibility to . cro,
for more than an hour.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., July 25
Charles Evanosky developed
sinus trouble in 1933 and'hadn’t
been swimming since.
But that didn't stop the 2UU- •
pound principal of nearby So ;th!
Noi folk hirin school y»3t.‘ day I
si-hen he heard a cry lor h:i,..
Looking out into the Atlantic
Ocean, he saw a boy to v oter j
over his head. Then he- saw the*
.oy'a moth • run into the s.erl—
tod sire s on \,s., ia di ity.
Suddenly, a little till dashed at-}
ter the two.
E'.inotky stem 200 yards, and
mat d to ora't - Mrs. Huby
birr, : .id and her seven-year-.
old son to utt/. lie morm-’d'
; to.eight back Mrs. dirim-.
daughter. Ev-.
uluaX;. 's re;; t:;.-n?
-I didn’t think I would ever
nakc -it back," he said*
niliyrsfftTi
hi S4ri ittr il LroSiS
use of Whip in
Male Priisn
DENVER, July 25, — .P-Use of
j- whip will no longer . ullow
i in Colorado's prison, he state
institution board ita ...a, i
The board met y; day to!
< •••.nsider the whipping or six con-;
victs, five or whom last week took 1
part in a prison riot sard snot1
two guards. ;
It outlawed the whip nit re
fused to order cha; salnst
warden Roy Bc. t who ,cd the
harsh discipline.
Governor Thornton, ; ing on
the board’s suggestion, ud that
if charges were bruts' against
the warden they v ... -ave to
be the work of the attor
ney in the prison tov.s j. stump
Witcher of Canon C.
Colorado has no 1: ; ohib
il flogging.11 h 1 "
times during the ts to
punish difficult pri
ACROSS
1. Mak< - an
oriental
obeisance
7. Covering f-c
the ankle
13. Grandson of
Ksau
14. False
15. Country
1G. Persia
IS. Southern
constellation
19. Gaelic
1:<j. Sheet of glass
21. Self: Scot.
22. Censure
25. Go'Mcss of the
harvest
2S. American
general
2J. La!'-:"-t rlwer
in Franco
32. Mernl
34. In a straight
direction
33. Best of its
kind
3f>. I'v- u: contr.
< >n .ii grans
35. (’;»rd gam®
41. Toper
13. Corner
4 1. Crustacean
4b. Leaf of tbo
palmyra
palm
4P. Wild ! .iffalo
30. Be very
fond of
31. Cl1.: : e with
gas
33. Short beard
33. Bist
3G. Enrolls
Solution of V r-.izle
DOWN
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2. Pcrl-.lan ‘p r
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r age
Ives
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S. T
9. That
10. Of I,
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declare
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•‘2. I.iy
*>!• 1’ or ward
• •:> Hi
20 YEARS AGO
EMPIRE
JULY 25, 1931
and Mr;. J. D. Van Atta entertained several passengers of the
ip prince Rupert when the vessel called here this week. Guests
,‘Smith and party "’from Columbus, Ohio, friends of relatives
V.. and Mrs. Van Atta there.
Pome eight or more blocks of concrete sidewalk will be laid by the
or ! hi; seo.-an, it was revealed last night at a meeting of the City
. a. The present work on Franklin street will be extended north
to about Fifth street. In addition to this, there are four more blocks
, ■ b pu down on the east side of Franklin on cross streets.
Twenty thousand pounds of fish were received in Juneau today
; nd 21,000 pounds were sent away. Receipts consisted of 17,190 pounds
, halibut and 2,900 pounds of salmon. Shipment comprised frozen
..iinon. /
0:2 , ?,i. Olson, wife and children, will leave on the Yukon Monday
h. They will visit Seattle and other nearby sections and
,21 y go t California.' They expect to be absent one month.
2. no service between Juneau and Fairbanks, by way of Skagway
;:.id Whitehorse.
Persons who came here this morning on the Alameda from Lynn
c xal ports were: Donald E. Henry, R. Williams, Stanley Henry. Those
r:;i;; -liing for the south from Juneau were: Mr. and Mrs. E. Engstrom,
11, 2 oil. For Seattle: Mr. and Mr.-. George McGinnis, Miss Ellen
Weather: High 53; Low 49; Showers.
Daily Lessons in English w. l. cordon i
OFTEN MISUSED: Do not "Vie is in a bad fix.’' It is
-,r to . “He is in a bad condition.”
MISPRONOUNCED: Decade. Pronounce delt-ad, e as in
c’,c( I: in aid, accent first syllable.
O X MISSPELLED: Timber (wood). Timbre (quality of tone).
O.Vi .'13: Eminence, distinction, fame, renown, glory, repute,
repu... ■ n. celebrity.
\V0 STUDY: “Use a word three times and it. is yours.” Let us
incrc r vocabulary by mastering one word each day. Today’s word:
ONI,;- ; burdensome; oppressive; troublesome. "The man has for
some cn trying- to pay his onerous Ueof.'*
Q. If a woman stops l'cr a few words with another woman who is
a member of a group dining 'in a public restaurant, and all the men
j; , is it oil light for the men to reseat themselves if the woman tells
them to? . j
A. No; they should remain standing as long as she stays. In the
eves of other people in the place, it would not look right for these
men to be ten ted and eating while a woman was standing at their table.
Q. Vvhcn a bridegroom’s family live in a distant city, making it
impossible lor than to attend the wedding, is it necessary to mail them
invitations? . j
A. It c .-riainly is. To omit them would be an act of thoughtlessness j
irid ill-breeding.
O. v • ■ he coffee or tan L, very’hot, isn’t one permitted to use
.lie spoon to sip it?
A. i.v.vcr. Merely wait until the liquid has cooled sufficiently,
biter st.riin-, the spoon should always be placed in the saucer and
cmain there.
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and LEARN
by |
A. C. GORDON |
1. What "roup of inlands lies north •> ..ui : mainland?
2. What i the regulation lcn/lh of a howlin'; alley?
3. Th Aar i; the largest river wholly in what country?
4. What a-operation is perir1 a more often tlmn any other?
W! : . 1 -;, V arl : th . of their poetical lan
. ;i aif tli ir poe'ry?' ’ x
ANSWERS:
1. Orkney islands. I
2. Si-hy f,- .-•* from the foul line to the headpin. 1
3. Swiir't-'ii.ind. '
4. Tonsillectomy. ' <
5. A1 hi :i. Da.he <1263-1321 >.
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Weather at
Alaska
Weather conditions and temper- j
atures at various Alaska points
also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30
a.in., 120; ii Meridian Time, and
released by the Weather Bureau
are as follows.'
Anchorage . 49—Partly Cloudy
Annette Island 55—Partly Cloudy
Barrow . 40—Fug and Rain
Bethel .. 48—Drizzle
Cordova . 42—Fog
Dawson . 46—Partly Cloudy
Edmonton . 57—Partly Cloudy
Fairbanks ... 50—Fey
Haines . 63--Clear
Havre . 61—Cloudy
Juneau . 43—Partly Cloud;.
Kodiak . 50—Cloudy
Kotzebue . 49—Partly Cloudy
McGrath . 53—Cloudy
Nome .... 46—Drizzle;
Northway .. 50—Cloudy |
ours .. . 40— Clear j
Portland . .. G3—Cloudy j
Prince George . 40 Fog !
Seattle . 56—Cloudy j
Sitka . 52—Partly Cloudy i
Whitehorse . 43—Cloudy
Baku tat . 45—fog
22 Cars, 1 Truck
Carried by Ferry
Over Weekend
Twenty-two cars and one truck
we»e carried on the Territorial
.-rry Clsilkcot on Its w-, eketid.
cunJ trip to Haines and Skagway.'
Leaving here Sunday it took j
ice ears and 12 passengers to {
Baines. Seven cars were carried j
rum Habits to Skagway and 10 j
cars and one t.-ceit were brought ■
,o -Tee Harbor from Haines.
The ferry arrived here last eve- ;
dins.
Fa.-sengers north were Dr. and
Mrs. A. W. Glocekner, Mr. and
E. R. Alton, E. C. Robertson,
Ronald Keeslinr, Mr. and Mrs.
.lick Rocjvicn, Mr. -and Mrs. \V.
Sehroetcr and children.
'Coming to June.iU were:. Mr.;
; v. a a r..
j.undstion, Howard Bates, Mark ;
Lila; • iri . Janies Phillips, Richard j
Bar: cri, Lorraine Bar. an, £. C.i
Robertson.
:
i}Wij Chum Salmon
un ilarls in
. Humptack Creek
l_a l Friday t!ic Fish and Wild
life Service installed a fish weir!
on Humpback,. Creek, near Port j
dvritk, end over *the weekend
1404 j',:ijks and 1183 chums were
counted golns up-stream, Howard]
UrdUo, assistant regional director 1
of the Service said today. , j
Ayent Cits Kilsin er was in j
charge of the installation and:
Don i'ankhouser is weir watch-!
man. • |
Haltzo r lid the numerous fish.
through the weir could probably
he at . routed ''to the heavy rains
of last v;cvk which raised the
creek and allowed the run to
start.
Before the weir was in, only a
few -fi-h had been observed in the
stream.
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Monday of each month
in Scottish Rite Temple ^
beginning at 7:30 p. m. V
Win. A. Chipper Held,
Worshipful Master;
JAMES W. LEXVKiiS, Secretary.
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Meeting Second and Fourth Wed
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F. c. Box C?2 Telephone D19
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Your Reliable Pharmacists
EUTLER-MAURO
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Alaska Music Supply
Arthur M. Uggen, Manager
Pianos—Magical Instrument#
and Supplies
Phone 2C6 Second and Seward
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Wholesale B05 10th 8t.
PHONE 21G—PAY or NIGHT
for MIXERS or SODA POP
The Alaskan Hotel
Newly Renovated Rooms
at Reasonable Rates
PHONE SINGLE O
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