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NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411
Fourth Avenue Bldg.. Seattle. Wash.
Friday, August 24, 1951
PLANNED ECONOMY WON’T WORK
The Administration is bending every energy to
drive this nation into a planned economy. Congress
now has its back up; is resisting pressure to authorize
controls that would hamper, Instead of help, the de
fense program. May our legislators at Washington
contnue to be of stout heart and wisdom!
What kind of people are they who are “twisting
the President’s arm’’ that he so ardently advocates
these totaliarian controls and welfare schemes, to
the point where he threatens dire consequences if
the Congress doesn't do his bidding? Roughly, they
fall into two main categories:
The first comprises the intellectuals whose aca
demic minds make them ignore the realities of life
and human nature, who blueprint a dream-world in
which everyone will be secure and happy. They do
not realize that these Utopian blueprints have never
worked out in practice and never will, because they
never come to grips with realities.
The second group consists of the bureaucrats.
Unlike the first group, they cannot be exused as being
idealists. They know the "score.” They seek to ex
pand their empires, to increase their spending of our
tax-money, and thus become bigger and more import
ant "brass ha's.”
Why does economic planning fail to translate into
reality the pipe-dreams of the first group and to
fulfill the false promises of the second? There are
four basic reasons why such planning cannot work
to the benefit of a nation’s citizenry:
First, governmental planning always is POLITI
CAL planning. When the State plans, it is guided
primary bj^fOLKHCAL considerations, not economic
ones.
Second, a planned economy does not have to meet
the test of the market. In a free enterpise, capi
talistic economy, manpower and resources are used to
produce the things the people want most as de
termined by their buying or not buying. In a planned
economy, manpower and resources are diverted from
producing what ronsumers will buy to producing things
they will not buy.
Third, the planned economists cannot really plan.
A free market can determine what people want far
better than some Washington bureau. For example,
it can figure more accurately how many pair of shoes
should be manufactured in any year and how they
should be divided as to sizes, styles, qualities, etc.
The evidence that government planners cannot plan
; is overwhelming. As a case in point, after V-J Day,
the OPA economists predicted that unemployment
might reach ten million by June of 1346. The War
Mobilization and Reconversion Office predicted eight
million unemployed by the Spring of 1946. These false
predictions were responsible for Mr. Truman's 194i
program of increasing wages while attempting to hold
the line on prices — a blunder which is largely re
sponsible for our postwar spiral of inflation.
The fourth reason is that economic planning
undermines individual initiative and responsibility. It
tries to substitute centralized bureaucratic planning
for the planning of millions of individual businessmen,
farmers, etc., which has made our Capitalistic System
the world's most productive.
These four reasons prove it is sheer folly tr
believe that bureaucrats in Washington, if vested
with authority, would suddenlly become supermen,
endowed with superhuman intelligence and the ability
to control the lives of all the people better than can
the people themselves.
On the contrary, they would still be the same
self-seeking bureaucrats with insatiable appetites for
more and more power.
Attraction of Alaska
(Ketchikan Daily News!
What is it about Alaska that takes hold of people.
Even those who pull stakes and leave are continually
planning when they might return.
Is it the mountains, the untamed rivers, the
world’s greatest glaciers and great sections of little
known wilderness? Is it the pioneer spirit of having
a hand in fashioning another great industrial and
populaus empire? What is it, anyway, that pulls at
the heartstrings so strongly?
In the settled cities we have most of the modern
conveniences of civilized centers. The main absence,
and the most enjoyable one, is the lack of the con
stant roar of traffic, and the unhealthy smog which
heavily populated places create for people to breathe.
Of course, we have had exploiters. Some of these
made money and took it away, but we also have had
quite a few who made their money and remained to
reinvest it. One who stands out in this respect was
the late Captain Austin E. Lathrop, the richest indi
vidual in Alaska. Every dollar he made he re-invested
into the Territory.
Finally we come to the point that an Alaskan
is a distinctive individual due to his easy manner
and friendliness which is recognized by tourists and
visitors alike. This is inbred in all pioneer people in
a frontier country, along with a rugged honesty and
distaste of things synthetic.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
(Continued from Page One)
has he ever visited it. If the army
is ordered by McCloy to let any
one into this camp, the army says
no.
In this camp at one time were
about 2,000 Rusian officers, who,
disgusted with the Red army, had
fled to the American zone of Ger
many anxious to help the U.S.A.
But for months they simply sat,
ate, and were interviewed by
young counterintelligence agents—
ate, sat, and were interviewed:
ate, slept, and were interviewed.
Some were flown to the United
States amid a flurry of excite
ment to report on conditions inside
Russia to higher-ups in the Pen
tagon. Some were promised haven
in the U.S.A. In the end all were
reduced to sitting, waiting, and
going to seed—thanks to the ster
ility, inefficiency and lack of im
agination of the army and Gen.
Bedell Smith's amateur Dick Tra
cys.
Restless Red Army
Berlin — Across the invisible
Iron Curtain in the east zone of
Germany are about 300,000 mem
bers of the Red army. Living in
Germany, a country with which
they all too recently fought a
bitter war, these troops long had
to camp behind barbed wire.
This was not to keep the Ger
man population away from them,
but to keep the Russians from de
serting. Even so, many of them
did desert—and more would de
sert if given encouragement or
any kind of favorable treatment
after their arrival in the west.
Obviously Moscow knows that
these troops, living near the West
and with no tight border control
between East and West, constitute
one of the potential weaknesses of
the Red army. It also know's that
the same thing is true in Austria
where Russian troops also live
near the West and temptation is
strong to drift over and sample
western glamor.
Undoubtedly Moscow also re
members what many Americans
have forgotten — that it was not
the Kaiser’s army that defeated
the Czar in 1917, but the shrewd
ness of the German general staff
in sending Trotsky and Lenin in
a sealed train from Switzerland
into Russia. Moscow certainly
should remember it, for that was
what started the Bolshevik revo
lution and put Stalin where he is
today.
And remembering (t, Stalin cer
tainly doesn't want it to happen— 1
in reverse—again.
But the dapper young counter
intelligence agents and Gen. Be- ;
[del] Smith’s cloak-and-dagger
[ dicks are either too young or too
| dense to remember it.
Kerensky Unites
Munich — Dining in Munich
the other night I discussed some
of these things with gnarled,
spritely Alexander Kerensky, fa
ther of the first Russian revolu
tion, who, if not upset by Lenin,
Trotsky and the German general
staff, might have saved Russia and
the world the scourge of Commun
ism.
Kerensky had come to Munich
to do a job that has needed doing
for years—wrapping all the di
verse Russian exile groups into one
close-knit body in order to do to
Stalin what Lenin and Trotsky
once did to Kerensky.
In Munich with Kerensky were
three other top Russians from
the U.S.A. — Vladomir Zenzinov,
Prof. I. Kurganov and Boris Nik
olayevsky; also the league of
struggle for national freedom, the
national labor alliance, the Rus
sian national movement, the union
of soldiers of the liberation move
ment, and the union for the liber
ation of the peoples of Russia.
These groups and leaders are
about as diverse as and difficult j
to get along with as some of the j
groups within the heterogeneous
union of Soviet Russia; and some,
such as the Ukraines, want to,
solve all "New Russia's" problems
even before the new Russia is cre
ated.
However, it seemed to me that
this meeting of Russian factions
in Munich is the most encourag
ing thing that has happened for a
long time. For if and when they
get together, they can do two
things:
1. .tseam propagauua unu rcus
sa that conies from Russians, not
from Americans who have an ax
to grind.
2. Work out a system for screen
ing recent Russian escapees and
getting them settled where they
can help in the future; instead of
going to seed in refugee camps
under the amateur cross-examina
tion of CIA and CIC boys.
Note—at present there is no
more cooperation between coun
terintelligence and Russians of
the Kerensky type than there is
between McCloy and counterin
telligence.
Prediction—if the United States
arranged with Brazil, Paraguay,
Kenya, South Africa and other
unpopulated countries to set up a
system for handling Russian ref
ugees, and if word of this were
broadcast to the Red army in
East Germany and Austria, I pre
dict that it would be impossible
for the Kremlin to keep an army
in these two vital countries. Such
a refugee resettlement plan could
be a point four program which
might save the peace of the world.
Aurora Trio Plays
For Soroplimisfs
The Aurora Trio, composes cf
Shirley Davis Reed, cello, Carol
Beery Davis, piano and Phyllis
Langdon, violin—presented a de
lightful half hour of music at the
luncheon meeting of the Sorop
timist Club in the Baranof Gold
Room Thursday noon.
Regular meeting of the club was
advanced a day to enable the
Chamber of Commerce to meet
with Governor Thomas E. Dewey
in the Gold Room on Friday.
A financial report on the “silver
shower" for the Juneau Health
Center showed receipts of $37.00
which was turned over to Mrs.
Magnhild Bogue for immediate use
at the center. The President, Ger
trude Wetzel, announced that the
meeting of next week would be
held Friday as usual. Guests in
troduced were Lucille Stine, Lois
Morey, Edith Monroe , Bertha
Bloomer, Ann Heister, Josephine
Hawes, Gertrude Kunz and Ann
Poore.
Shirley Reed, recently returned
from New York to spend the sum
mer vacationing with her parents
was introduced by Mrs. Ann De
Long, program chairman, and an
nounced the numbers, many of
which had been arranged for the
cello by herself.
AUGUST 24
Daniel J. Kelley
Dr. Taylor J. Pyle
' Gerald Bodding
Mrs. Walter Cummings
Mrs. Joseph Wehren
Jeanne Butts
Ann Ghiglione
Dolores Lohr
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 . 46—Cloudy
Annette Island . 56—Clpuc}}
Barrow . 41—Rain
Bethel . 43—Rain
Cordova . 41—Partly Cloudy
Dawson . 38—Cloudy
Edmonton . 40—Clear
Fairbanks . 43—Rain
Haines . 42—Cloudy
Juneau Airport . 52—Rain
Kodiak . 49—Cloudy
Kotzebue . 44—Cloudy
McGrath . 45—Cloud}
Nome .. 43—Cloudy
Northway . 41—Rain Showers
Petersburg . 50—Cloudy
Seattle .. . 46—Clear
Sitka . 53—Cloudy
Whitehorse . 40—Fog
Yakutat . 49—Fog
Dinner-Dance
| Will Ceiebrafe
Moose Anniversary
The Loyal Order of Moose, Jun
eau Lodge No. 700, is celebrating
its 40th anniversary with a din
ner and dance for members and
their families Aug. 25, at 7 p.m.
Juneau Lodge No. 700 was or
ganized by Deputy Supreme Or
ganizer E. C. Lindemann and held
its first meeting in the A. B. Hall
Aug. 29, 1911. Oificers at that
time were: E. C. Lindemann, dep
uty supreme organizer; Hugo
Heidron, past dictator; Fred J.
Johnson, dictator; L. N. Kemper,
vice-dictator; L. F. Jones, prelate;
Gunnar Bloomgreen, sergeant-at
arms; Louis L. Derry, inner-guard:
Alfred Egge'n, cut.er-guarff: Ed Vi.
Held, secretary; M. D. Berry,
treasurer, M. Damourette, W. H.
! Cass and John Wasnsr served as
' trustees.
; Present officers are: Loren Card,
I governor; Earl Eland, junior gov
! ernor; Virgil Anderson, prelate;
Harold Zenger, sergeant-at-arms;
George Clark, innpr-guard: Jack
Hegstead, outer-guard; Walter R.
Hermansen, secretary; G. E. Alm
quist, treasurer; and Arnold Hil
dre, Dean Williams and Hermod
Waldemar are serving as trustees.
Augus! Buschmann •
fours Canneries
August Buschmann, whose inter
est in Alaska salmon canneries goes
back to years before many of the
men presently in the industry were
born, left Juneau Wednesday after
a tour of canneries in this area.
Sitka, Todd, Hawk Inlet and
Hood Bay were on Buschmann's
route and from Ketchikan, his des
! tination yesterday, he will call at
the canneries in that district. He is
to meet H. B. Friele, of Nakat Pack
ing Company, and W. C. Arnold,
I Alaska Salmon Industry manager
j at Waterfall.
( It was in honpr of August Busch- |
i mann's father. Peter Buschmann,
that the town of Petersburg was
I named in the '90s. And the Busch- ,
mann family has had extern ive in
terests, mostly in the salmon indus
try, since that time.
STRICTLY BUSINESS
by McFeatttrs
MR. POTTLEB\ '
“Sometimes I feel like canceling my million doll*”
insurance policy f*
20 YEARS AGO the empire j
AUGUST 24, 1931
i
Gus Messerschmldt entered St. Ann’s Hospital last evening tor medi
cal treatment.
The Alaska-Washington Airways seaplane Sitka, flown by Pilot Gene
! Meyring brought two passengers down from upper Tal;u River today.
I They were Dr. T. Mandy, district engineer for the British Columbia
i Bureau of Mines and Harry Townsend, mining engineer. They have been
I examining mining properties at various sections on the river.
Leaving for Skagway cn the steamer Queen this morning were:
A. Van Mavern, H. B. Crewson, Gecrge Baurn, Miss E. Pulver, Mrs. M.
Pulver, Mrs. Brice Howard. Brice Howard, Jr., Betty Jane Howard, Mrs.
Elmer A. Friend, Marian McBride.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Rawlinson of Los Angeles visited in Juneau
j yesterday while the steamer Dorothy Alexander was in port. Rawlinson
I is president of the southern division of the Institute of Musical Educa
II ion and Mrs. Rawlinson is a member of the faculty. They were guests
i ol Mrs. J. W. Bur ford, who is a representative of the institution in
; Alaska.
I -V
Miss Charlotte Alspaugh. guest of Miss Ann Colman for several
weeks, will leave tonight on the steamer Prince Henry for Seattle en
route to her home in Puyallup.
Mis Donnie Taylor, teacher in the Juneau Public Schools, has re
turned home after several weeks spent on vacation in the States.
District Forest Ranger Harold Smith is leaving Juneau on the
Aleutian for Cordova tomorrow where he has been transfered by the
Forest Service. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Smith and their two
daughters, Lorraine and Virginia. He is replacing Forest Supervisor
W. J. McDonald who has been transferred to the Ketchikan area.
Lloyd Rinden returned to Douglas from Haines where he has spent
the summer working for the Alaska Road Commission.
Weather: High, 54; low, 51; fair.
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: Daily Lessons in English i, cordon :
, \
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, “His reason is apparent.”
Say, “His reason is OBVIOUS.”
OFl'EN MISPRONOUNCED: Puttee (a legging). Pronounce put-i,
U as in BUT, I as in IT, accent first syllable.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Exemplary; ARY, not ERY.
SYNONYMS: Pardon (verb), excuse, forgive, condone, acquit, ab
olve, overlook.
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:
CUMULATIVE; formed by successive additions. (Pronounce both U's as
m CUBE, accent first syllable). “The force of character is cumulative.”
MODERN ETIQUETTE Roberta lee ]
}
Q. Should the best man and the ushers stand in the receiving line
at a wedding reception?
A. No; the bride and bridegroom, maid of honor, and bridesmaids
are the only ones to stand in the receiving line.
Q. Where should the woman guest of honor be seated at a dinner
table in one’s home?
A. She should be seated at the right of the host.
Q. When a hostess is pouring coffee or tea, should she place a spoon
on the saucer?
A. Yes.
| LOOK and LEARN a! c. GORDON \
1. What is an actuary?
2. What is a ‘felo de se”?
3. Near what town were the Dionne Quintruplets born?
4. When a man is knighted in England, he becames Sir So-anct-So.
What is the title of a woman wnen the same honor is betsowed upon
her?
5. What, in army slang, is a “brass hat"?
ANSWERS:
1. A statistician who draws up the tables of probability upon which
life insurance, annuities, etc., are based.
2. A suicide. Legal Latin meaning is “traitor to himself.”
3. Callander, Ontario.
4. Dame So-and-So.
5. A high officer.
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1. Parrot
6. Rowing tmple
plement
9. In favor of
12. Coincide
13. Exclamation
It. Greek com
bining form
15. Stir up
1G. Limp
13. Grove of small
trees
20. Dish
21. Lose one's
footing
23. Conjunction
25. Too
2G. New Zealand
bird
27. American
aborigine
29. Land sur
rounded by
water
31. Outfitted
35. Maker of cloth
37. Female ruff
33. Part of a plant
41. Ingredient of
varnish
42. P.otate
43. Watchful
guardian
43. Play lightly
47. Young
chickens
49. Circuit
32. Frozen water
33. Legume
34. Work out
55. Held a session
Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle
66. Distant: prefix
67. Dress the
feathers
DOWN '
1. Spoil
2. Gone by
3. Decisive
4. Greek fabulist
5. Cry
6. Insult
7. Trouble
8. Harvest .
3. Of a central
point
10. Skips
11. Round-up
17. Ringing noise
19. Walking shoe
21. Glide over
snow
22. French article
24. Straight
27. Anglo-Saxon
king
28. Manner
iO. Terrible
!2. Complain
!3. Ever; contr.
14. Lair
16. Serf
18. ----- Lazuli
19. Caterpillar
larva
10. Metal tag
12. Fleshy growtH
14. September:
abbr.
18. Grate
18. Golf mound
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MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. 145
SECOND and FOURTH
Monday of each month
In Scottish Rite Temple
beginning at 7:30 p. m.
Wm. A. Chipperfield,
Worshipful Master;
JAMES W. LEI VERS. Secretary
B. P. 0. 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 Post No. 5559
Meeting every Thursday in
the C.I.O. Hall at 8:00 p.m.
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