North Atlantic
Deputies Pledge
Peace by Arms
ROME. Nov. 24—•.!P—Five western
Foreign Ministers totjay solemnly
reaffirmed the Atlantic Allies’ re
solve to win peace through strength.
All said that muscling Europe
with defensive military power is
their most urgent objective.
The five spoke at the opening
of the eighth meeting of the North
Atlantic Chamber of Deputies. They
are: Premier Alcide de Gasperi of
Italy, who is also Foreign Minister:
Lester B. Pearson of Canada; An
thony Eden of Britain; Paul Van
Zeeland of Belgium; and Ole Kraft
of Denmark.
One after another they arose at
the green felt conference table in
the former Mussolini Forum- to
hammer away at a single theme;
“Peace.”
Beside the Foreign Ministers sat
finance and defense ministers of
the 12 member nations of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO).
Sitting in on the plenary ses
sion were two observers from Greece
and Turkey, who are expected to
become full members of the alliance
early in 1952. Under-Secretary for
Foreign Affairs Eanghelos Averoff
represented Greece and Ambassa
dor Hussein Rasif Bayour, Turkey.
Juneau League of
Women Voters Will
Kse! Tuesday Noon
The Juneau League of Women
Voters will have a general mem
bership meeting on Tuesday, No
vember' 27, at 12 noon in the Ter
race Room of the Baranof Hotel,
Miss Lois Jund will discuss Child
Wollare from a National Level. A
resume of technical assistance -to
Under-Developed Countries by the
United Nations Specialized Agen
cy will be given by Mrs. Frank
Metcalf.
All members have been urged to
attend the meeting, which will
also be open to the public. Reser
vations may be made by calling
Mrs. Frank Metcalf at 701 or Mrs.
Don Miller at Green 995.
KospHai Holes
Admitted to St. Ann’s Hospital
Friday were John Joseph, Jimmie
Lcath, Melvin Leath, Mrs. Henry
Gabriel; dismissed were Clifford
Williams, Melvin LaRue, John
Matson. Jr.. Stephanie Scott.
Born at St. Ann’s Hospital to
Mrs. Robert Prather at 7:15 a.m.
Friday, a boy weighing 7 pounds
21 i ounces.
Admitted to the Government
Hospital Friday was Andrew Koch
erigari of Unalaska. There were no
dismissals.
HISTORICAL PROGRAM
FOR BPVVC MONDAY
A historical program of past
events and projects will be pre
sented at the Juneau Business
and Professional Women's Club
Monday, November 26 at the noon
luncheon meeting in the Terrace
Room of the Baranof Hotel. In
connection with the program all
past presidents residing in Juneau
will be honored. They are Miss
Anita Garnick, and Mesdames
Crystal Jenne, Frances Paul, Lu
cille Stine, Helen Ehrendreich,
Bertha Ellinger and Betty Mc
Cormick.
Special guests have been invited
and Mrs. Ernest Gruening, the
Club's Honorary Member will give
a response.
All club members are invited to
be present for this interesting
urogram and bring guests.
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Boxes Open Monday
Juneau's mail collection boxes
will be really for use Monday, ac
cording to Mrs. Crystal Jenne,
postmaster.
The boxes will be opened with
a temporary pick-up schedule ap
plying. The postmaster said that
this schedule will later be adjus
ted to practical needs where ne
cessary.
Mrs. Jenne says that an order
will be made public concerning
the privileges and responsibilities
of the public in respect to the
boxes. She warned that the boxes
were under the protection of the
police department, and that any
damage, or use of them except for |
mail, is punishable.
Trade Concessions
To Russia, Poland
Dropped by U. S.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 — lAb —
President Truman has ordered an
end to tariff agreements under
which this country gives Russia \
and Poland trade concessions equal j
to those afforded any other nation.
And another presidential order
yesterday calls for an outright ban
on bringing into the United States
several types of furs from Russia
and Red China. Furs are a major
export from those countries.
The orders are effective Jan. 5.
The new tariff treatment ordered
by Mr. Truman for Russia and Po
land-Communist governed in close
association with Russia—drops them
from the list of nations to whom
the United States promises the same
tariff concessions it gives any “most
favored” country. The U.S. gets a
like pledge in return. The new
order means Russian and Polish ex
ports will now be subject to regular
import duties at U.S. borders.
The furs that may no longer be
imported from Russia or Red China
at any rate of duty, are ermine,
fox, kolinsky, marten, mink, musk
rat and weasel.
Bulletins
SEATTLE—Bellingham man and
woman, with 166 years of life be
tween them, were married here
Wednesday. Mrs, Coral Rusk, at age
80, became the bride of 86-year-old
Byron Colby Crabtree.
ST. LOUIS—James P. Finnegan,
former collector of Internal Rev
enue here has pleaded innocent to
elxarges of bribery and other mis
conduct in office and his trial was
set for March 3.
ST. BRUNO. Que.,—A Royal Ca
adian Air Force plane crashed 13
minutes after tak.ng off from St.
Hubert Airport, killing six of the
seven men aboard.
Secretary of State Acheson has
flown from Paris to Rome to take
part in the North Atlantic Council
meetings starting Saturday.
min * i«• ■—
Premier Mossadegh has arrived
back in Tehran. From a three-day
visit to Egypt, he brought plans
for a joint fight against what the
two countries call British Imper
ialism.
'Powder Puff'
Designers of this swim suit, being
modeled at a Beach wear fashion
showing in Los Angeles, call it
the “Powder Puff.” That’s be
cause the ruffle-trimmed bra
looks a lot like two large pow£ter
puffs. The suit has an emergency
feature, too, a gusset beneath the
rear zipper just in case it acci
dently becomes unzipped. (/PI tVire
photo.
Little Rodney Dies j
Before Celebration
Premature Christmas
ALAMEDA, Calif., Nov. 24—(/PI—
Little Rodney Gale did not live to
celebrate the premature Christmas
arranged for him by his parents
and hundreds of well wishers.
The 3-year-old died of cancer, |
j in his sleep Thursday night.
Rodney had been ill since Aug - ,
ust. Tuesday his parents, Mr. and '
Mrs. LecRoy Gale, made the
heart-breaking decision to let
their son die as soon as possible,
rather than live in pain a few'
weeks longer.
A doctor told them he might
keep Rodney alive two or three
months with a special compound.
“We decided against it,” Mrs.
Gale said. “It would only prolong
his misery.”
A party was planned today
to give Rodney “a little Christmas
cheer before he died.”
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An Old Bald Eagle, also called
an American eagle and sometimes
known in Alaska as a two-dollar
jagle, soared tirelessly on thermal
updrafts also known as hot air) in
the Hall of Representatives of the
National Capitol on an afternoon
shortly before the close of the re
cent session.
The big old bird was fetched
there and turned loose by Rep.
Homer D. Angell of Oregon, who is
author of a bill which would protect
eagles in Alaska as they are pro
tected in the 48 states.
The bill is currently buried some
where in the committee on Merch
ant Marine and Fisheries. Rep.
Angell claims it has been pigeon
holed—an expression that hardly
seems apt under the circumstances.
The Oregon Congressman did a
little verbal soaring himself that
afternoon. "The slaughter of the
bald eagle in Alaska still continues,”
he announced, “while the commit
tees sleep and permit this legisla
tion for the protection of this na
tional symbol to be pigeon-holed.
Where does the opposition to this
worthy legislation come from? You
rr.ay draw your own conclusions.”
In Order To Assist his colleagues
in drawing their own conclusions,
Rep. Angell inserted in the Congres
sional Record a lengthy article
from a little-known magazine, the
Atlantic Naturalist.
This article, entitled “The Bald
Eagle With a Price on Its Head,” is
by one Irston R. Barnes. The author
recites a good many facts about
eagles in Alaska and in other parts
of the United States. He also in
cludes a great deal of material that
may be factual but which he does
not support. Finally, he offers a
whole lot of w’ordage that is purely
opinion.
All in all, Author Barnes does
not make out much of a case either
for protection of eagles in Alaska
or for the eagle as a national sym
bol.
Barnes starts out by setting up
the bald eagle as “the symbol of
our aspirations, of greatness prom
ised and of greatness fufilled."
Then, with considerable thorough
ness, he knocks the eagle off that
lofty perch by proving that the
eagle, far from being a strong
charactered bird of prey, is nothing
but a common scavenger.
In any event, either as a predator
on the weak and helpless or as a
scavenger, the eagle seems a poor
symbol of American ideals as the
American people generally set them
forth.
Moreover, and entirely aside from
his habits as a scavenger, the sym
bolism of t>'ne eagle is held in low
regard by anyone who has watch
ed the mighty bird driven to frenz
ied distraction by a flock of teas
ing crows or a handful of saucy
Steller jays.
“Alaskan Opposition to protection
for the eagle has been exaggerated
and accorded far too much weight,"
Barnes annouces categorically.
Elsewhere in his article, however,
he cites the vote of the 1949 Alaska
Legislature on the bill placing a $2
bounty on eagles. The vote was 23
to 1 in the House and 12 to 3 in
the Senate, which seems fairly
overwhelming.
There was not, as I recall, very
much public expression of opinion
on either side of the eagle bounty
bill while it was before the Legisla*
ture. A group of teen-agers did put
on a lively demonstration in the
galleries at that time, but it turn
ed out that they w^re protesting a
minimum wage bill that they felt
discriminated against baby-sitters.
That Seme Alaskans did oppose
previous bills to extend protection
of eagles to the Territory is ack
nowledged by Author Barnes, but
he dismisses the opposition as illit
erate or self-interested, in the fol
lowing contemptuous words:
“Delegate Bartlett, of Alaska, ap
peared in opposition to the bills,
questioned witnesses, and introduced
four letters opposing protection for
the eagle. All revealed biological
illiteracy and self-interest.
“Otis H. Speer, who obviously
confused the bald eagle with the
golden eagle, asserted in a letter to
the Ketchikan Daily News that the
bald eagle of Alaska is a ‘distinctive
kind and different breed’ from the
national emblem.
"Emery P. Tobin identified him
self as editor of the Alaska Sports
man. But the pooh-bah in the op
position was Harry T. Cowan, own
er of Cowan's Sports and Clothing
Center, president of the Alaska
Sports and Wildlife Club, and sec
retary-treasurer of the trappers
unit. The final opponent identified
was C. R. Snow, of Ketchikan.
"Obviously, these opinions ' and
judgments are entitled to little
weight. It would be clearly unfair
to the majority of Alaskans to
judge them in terms of their self
appointed wildlife experts.”
With Equal Truth, I suppose, it
could be said that it is unfair for
Alaskan’s to judge the majority of
Easterners by the writings of Mr.
Barnes.
As for the bald eagle, many Al
askans look down upon him as a
mighty inferior fellow. In intelligence
and native wit he is far below the
j raven. He has no more humor than
1 a jack-snipe, and his vocabulary is
inferior to that of the jay, the
northern loon and the screech owl.
And as an article of food he ranks
1 below the geese and ducks, the
■ grouse and ptarmigan, and perhaps
1 even below the seagull.
In all Alaska’s long history and :
bulky folklore, in fact, I can recall
! only one intsance of a man actually |
eating an eagle, and he was a poor I
unfortunate who had been maroon- |
ed on a tiny island without a mor- I
sel of food for a week. Even then, |
when he was finally rescued, he
claimed he should have let his ap
petite whet itself up for another
week before he tried getting his
teeth into the bird.
Whether Rep. Angell's protection
bill is enacted or not will probably
not make a whole lot of difference
along the Alaska coast. The talk
of saving the taxpayers the cost
of the eagle bounties is, of course,
nonsense. If the money is not spent j
for bounties it will be spent for j
something else.
But there is one place where the
eagle, with all his faults and dis
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agreeable habits, is clearly super
ior. A white-headed eagle sitting
on the snag of a dead tree near the
shore is one of the finest and most
irresistible rifle targets yet invented.
And the big bird will no doubt con
tinue to fill that role up this way
for a long time to come, bounty or
no bounty, protection or no protec
tion.
In New York, several Investiga
tions are starting into the wreck of
the two New Haven and Hartford
Railroad trains Thursday. Twenty
seven passengers were injured when
the two trains were switched onto
the same track in a tube under
Manhattan.
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