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NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES — Alaska Newspapers, 1411
Fourth Avenue Bldg . Seattle. Wash.
Wednesday, November 28, 1951
GOVERNMENT BY TREATY
Ever since our government was established under
the Constitution, we have made our own laws without
foreign direction or interference. We have established
a code that serves our national purpose admirably—
and while we have at all times shown consideration
for the rights of other nations, they have not presumed
to dictate to our. lawmaking bodies.
However, we are now faced with a new develop
ment in law-making. Through “treaty law" our nor
mal legislative processes may be bypassed and our
existing law nullified. by international agreements
ratified ds treaties. We could thus find ourselves in
the unusual position of being governed by laws made
not by Congress or state and territorial legislatures,
but by United Nations committees and commissions
composed of foreigners who might not understand or
sympathize with our concept of individual rights and
freedom.
The United States is the only important country
in the world where a treaty by only part of the
legislative process becomes law of the land without
implementation by national legislation. Article VI of
the Constitution provides that
. . M Treaties ■ K f shall be ,the supreme
law of* the Xand'. . . any Thing in the Oorr-•
stitution or laws of any State to the Contrary
notwithstanding.”
Under this article, a ratified treaty may super
sede every city and county ordinance, every state
constitution, every state law and feedral statute on
the same subject, and may under the doctrine of Mis
souri vs. Holland even amend the Constitution of
the United States. Ttjf _£ffe£L „qn„ S}ate Laws^ has
been specifically decided in the California alien land
case.
The District Court of Appeals of, California held
that the provisions of a treaty immediately become
The WashinglOD
Merry-Go-Round
tContinued from Page One)
Association. Angell testified that he
had reported his suspicions about
the Long Beach tax cases to the
Republican members of the com
mittee.
“I hoped there would be a full
and impartial investigation. . he
explained. "I hoped there would be
absolutely independent investiga
tors and couhsel because of Mr.
King’s close association with Mr.
Gregory and his. activities in the
Long Beach case. I was sure with
his feeling as to anything connect
ed with Mr. Gregory, he would be
very partial to Mr. Gregory’s side
of the' picture.*'
Angell identified himself as an at
torney for the .Federal Home Loan
Bank of San Francisco, which has
charged Gregory with mismanage
ment of the Long Beach Federal
Savings and Loan Association.
Among other things, Gregory is
charged with making “utterly lan
tastic" loans to Wilhoit and the
Jones Brothers, which has result
ed in both the tax investigation
and the $30,000,000 lawsuit.
CAUDLE WAS SUSPICIOUS ,
Though the tax probe was started I
in 1946, it was stimulated again
last March by Theron Lamar Caudle
then Assistant Attorney General in
charge of prosecuting tax cases. >
Though Caudle was fitjed by Pre- ;
sident Truman last week, the fact
is that, on March 3, he asked the
Internal Revenue Bureau to in
vestigate "allegations of influence”
in the Long Beach tax cases, includ
ing charges that Congressman King
of California had exerted political
pressure in behalf of Gregory. ]
Under withering cross-examina
tion, Angell admitted that he had
helped write a memo sent to the '
Justice Department which aroused (
Caudle’s suspicion. It was forward
ed to the Justice Department by
Sen. Lester Hunt, Wyoming Demo
crat.
"There is a paragraph in the
memorandum which says that al
most continuously from the time
that this dispute arose, Congress
man Cecil King and, within the
last year, Congressman Holifield,
have exerted political pressure to
compel the Department of Justice
the Home Loan Bank Board and
the Federal Home Loan Bank Board
t San Francisco, to settle pending
litigation wherein Long Beach
eeks in excess of $30,000,00 dam
ages iiom the United States," ob
served committee counsel De Wind.
"That is correct," nodded Angell.
“Did you intend to' create any
implication that the tax-liability
matter might be associated with
Congressman King's or Congressman
Holifield's pressure?" demanded De
Wind. W*
“Oh, not at all,” Angell disclaim
ed.
"Do you wish to repudiate here
and now any possible insinuation
against Congressman King arising
frm this memorandum?” barked
De Wind.
“As to tax matters?” asked Angell
cautiously.
“As to tax matters,” agreed King’s
counsel.
"Oh, very definitely," admitted
Angell. "I don't know that Cong
ressman King even knew that the
taxes weren't paid."
SIOE ON OTHER FOOT
De Wind's own line of question
ing, however, at times seemed to
defend the Long Beach tax cases.
"Did it occur to you as a lawyer
that if taxes are In dispute and
litigation may be involved, it often
takes years to get it settled, part
icularly if the amounts are large?”
demanded De Wind, Oddly enough,
this is the same reasoning De Wind
has received from alibiing tax of
ficials for holding up cases—when
the shoe is on the other foot.
"I understand these taxes are. . .
1942 to 1946. That is a long time,”
retorted Angell.
"Yes, but didn’t you also know
that the investigation of this thing
had started in late 1946 or early
1947?” hammered De Wind.
"That is why I thought by 1950
they ought to be to the end of it,”
shot back the San Francisco lawyer.
"Have you had any experience In
tax matters involving major tax
litigation?” snapped ^De Wind.
"No," shrugged Angell.
"So that you really had no way
of telling whether four years would
be a long time or a* short time for
the development of major tax dis
putes,” pressed De Wind.
“No,” Angell again agreed.
"So this was just an off-the-cuff
action; a long time had passed, and.
that was cause for sufficient con
cern to get some membens of Con
gress interested in this matter. That
is what it comes down to,” snort
ed the man who usually takes the
opposite side in getting to the
bottom of tax delays.
KING AN INTERESTED PARTY
De Wind fired questions at ma
chine-gun clip, 'until be became
leated. At one point, De’Wind blurt
ed angrily; “I think people derive
inferences from talking to you that
you apparently do not intend, but
-hey derive them quite frequently.”
“I don't know what basis you
have to base that statement on,
Mr. De Wind, but for the purposes
law in California and nullified ihc California : tatutc
and long years of judicial decision with respect to the
disability of aliens to own land. It held that a
Japanese alien may now own land because the United |
Nations Charter states in general terms there shall
be no distinction any longer between the races ol ^
the world.
This decision leaves Russia or Communist China I
free to furnisn their nationals with funds to buy |
strategic property up and down our Pacific coast I
wherever they can find a willing seller. Much more
than this, it means that our right to self-gov'ernment
and to determine for ourselves what kind of law we
wish to live under can be nullified whenever the
President and two-thirds of the Senate approve a
treaty on a particular subject. And this doctrine
applies to our freedom of speech and of press as well
as to our other basic rights.
The American concept of freedom of press and
speech is repudiated in paragraph 3, article 14 of the
proposed UN International Covenant on Human
Rights: a • ■
“The right to seek, receive and impart in
formation and ideas carries with it special j
duties and responsibilities and may therefore i
be subject to certain penalties, liabilities and
restrictions, but these shall be such only as
provided by law and are necessary for the
protection of national security, public order,
safety, health or morals or of the lights, free
doms or reputations of others.”
National security, public order, safety, health and
morals constitute the whole gamut of human actiyi
ties and relationships. Under this language, any
administration with a majority in Congress could
provide by law such restriction of speech and press
as it asserted was necessary.
But that is not all. Under Article 2 of the pro
posed Covenant, "in the case of a state of emergency
officially proclaimed by the*authorities, a State may
take measures derogating from its obligations" to 1
preserve freedom of press and speech. Well, we have
; lived in a state of frequently delared emergencies
i during the last twenty years. All our banks were
! closed by a decree of one President. In the sam?.
way, by declaring a state of emei'geffeyi provided ;
in, the proposed Covenant, a President qquld, clp:^!
jail' newspapers in the United States’, j&tfdei f til is!
' technique, political speeches were practically barred •
from the air in Cuba this year, and Mr. Nohru in
; India has indicated his government may exercise the
! prerogative of imposing' a ban on publications antago- j
j nistic to his government.
Intended to reassure Americans is this trick pro- !
vision in paragraph 2, article 18 of the proposed
Covenant:
* “Nothing in this Covenant may be inter
preted as limiting or derogating from any of
the rights and freedoms Which may be guar
anteed under the laws of any Contracting
State.”
This so-called “saving clause” is in ineffective
language. Our rights to freedom of speech, press,
religion and assembly are ryat "guaranteed” by any
laws of the United States. The Bill of Rights does
not grant them: they are rights reserved to the |
'people of the United States. Since the people ex- j
pressly retained these rights and did not grant their I
control to any agenpy of government, our governing i
officials have no constitutional power t'or take tnehi
away, but they are attempting to do this through
“treaty law" under the loophole in Article VI of t—
Constitution.
of the record! I wish to state that
i I resent the statement," bristled
j Angell.
"All light, Sir,” barked De Wind.
The chief gounsel also demanded
; why Angell had gone to the Repufi
lican members with his story.
“Why didn’t you take it up with
the chairman of the committee?" |
snorted De Wind.
“I do not know Mr. King, number
one. NrJ.icer two, I feel that Mr.
King has a personal feeling against \
me,” replied Angell.
He told how he had been called
to the Justice Department in Wash- |
ington once, and found King sitting
in on a private meeting of attorneys
over the Long Beach case.
“When i got there," Angell recall
ed, "J lqund that Mr. King was
'there, as was Mr. Linden, hi* ‘secre
tary. . .and I stated my objections
to holding -a wecting- of ■coujinscl to
discuss settlement, with a-pongreSsr
man present who was interested in
forcing or compelling a settlement
of thgt litigation.’’
The hearing wound up with De
Wind apologizing for being so heat
ed. v
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*i know parts of a very funny sto»y. Would you like
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Afpy tod
NOVEMBER 28
Oscar Jenson
Frank G. Campbell
Sante Degan
David Nicholls
Grace Berg
Dan Stanworth
Ann DeLong
Edwin Stewart
Alice Tanaka
Bill Johnson
Mrs. Oscar Lundquist
Weather at
Alaska Points
Weather conditions and tempera
tures at various Alaska points also
on the Pacific Coast at 4:30 a.m.,
130th Meridian Time, and released
by pie Weather Bureau are as
follows:
Anchorage 10—Partly C}oudy
Barrow . 5—Clear
Behte! . 13—Snow
Cordova 26—Partly Cloudy
Dawson . 5—Clear
Edmonton . 26—Cloudy
Fairbanks ... 2—Clekr
Haines . 30—Cloudy
Havre 47—Partly Cloudy
Juneau Airport 28—Cloudy
Annette Island . ... 42—Cloudy
Kodiak . 33—Cloudy
Kotzebue . 4—Fog
Mcprath . 6—fenow
Nome . 12—Clear
fcuf&way .. . 12—Snow
Petersburg . 37—Hain
Portland 44—Cloudy
Prince George .... 31—Partly Cloudy
Seattle . 42—Rain j
Whitehorse . 10—Snow
Yakutat 28—Partly Cloudy j
tnnjGLAS
MEWS
TROOP NO. 6 MEETS
Troop No. 6 plans to go carol*'
ing in' the hospitals at Christmas
time. The songs chosen included *
Silent Night, Little Town of Beth
lehem, Noel, and Away in a Manger. |
We went on a hike last Friday,
to the Wahto cabin, to help com
plete our Campcraft Badges.
Refreshments were served by Judy
Niemi.
LAUREL FOLETTE, Reporter!!;
1
MRS. KIBBY HOME
Mrs. M. J. Kibby returned home
on the Baranof after a month’s va*
cation and visit with friends in
Nevdtia and other “west rtast area's.
She is now staying at the home of
her daughter and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Gouveia.
MOVES
Jvjrs. Sadie Cashen has moved
from the old family home to smaller
quarters closer to town. She will
now make her home at her cottage
property on Third Street next to
the Eagles Hall.
REPORT CARDS OCT
Report cards for the second six
weeks period of school were dis
tributed to pupils of the Douglas
schools today. A honor roll for this
period will be announced liter.
SKI CLl’B MEET
'More' than 40 persons" attended
a meeting of the Juneau Ski Clgb
held at the Baranof Hotel Tues
day evening. John CUbbs, slrt in-1
structor, demonstrated the Use 0^
ski . equipment. Maryln , Herring,,
Beverly Melton and Helen Jepsen
modeled ski fashions furnished by*’
the B. M. Behrends Deparmtent
Store. The next meeting will be
held December 7 at 3 p.m. in the1
Gold Room of the Baranof Hotel.
KENDALL IS HERE
«
E. H. Kendall of Morrison-Knud-'
son Co., of Seattle is registered at,
the Baranof Hotel.
r
20 YEARS AGO the empire
i— -—>,——,—j
NOVEMBER 28, 1931
The Skagway High School basketball team, and a team made up
of soldiers from Chilkoot Barracks arrived late this afternoon on the
army boat Fornance, just in time for the double-header scheduled for
the evening in Juneau High School gym. The Skagway team was pitted
aaginst J H. S., and the soldiers against the local. Firemen.
The Nugget Shop had set this day as Visitors’ Day, with an art
exhibit cf Sydney Laurence paintings in their "Gallery," as the special
attraction. A specail invitation to "just come and look" was extended.
Fire destroyed the Alice Cook, a floating herring saltery, while
she was being towed from Sawmill Bay to Cordova for winter storage.
Defective wiring caused the fire, the report which was received here
stated.
The nation’s deficit had mounted to more than $5,500,000 daily
average since June 30, the Terasury Department reported. Since June
30, the deficit had grown to $813,377,093. The Treasury announced that
finishing touches were being put to the tax program which will be
recommended to Congress for its adoption.
Mr. and Mrs Elton Engstrom entertained at dinner this night in
honor of Miss Alberta Gallwas and Mr. Louis Delebecque, whose mar
riage was set for December 5. Mrs. H. M. Hollmann and Mrs. Ed. Blake
entertained at the tea the preceding day for Miss Gallwas. Assisting
at the tea were Mrs. Elton Engstrom and the Misses Gertrude Wal
tonen, Dorothy Aalbu, Elizabeth Frasier and Lucille Pepoon.
Weather: High, 39; low, 31; clear.
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Daily Lessons in English \l L. GORdon i
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WORDS OFTEN MISUSED; Do not say, “She performed on the
piano.’’ You don’t really mean this. Better say, “She played the
piano.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Effete (exhausted of , fertility*. Pro
nounce e-fet, first 'E as in BET, second E as in "FEET, accent second
syllable.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Intelligible; three I's and three L’s.
SYNONYMS: Alarm (verb), appal, affright, frighten, scare, terrify,
cow, intimidate.
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:
MUNDANE; pertaining to the world; worldly; earthly. "The mundane
sphere.” “Mundane affairs." ’
MODERN ETIQUETTE
by
ROBERTA LEE
Q. Is the expression, “social affair,” in good taste?
A. No., Ope. speaks of business or state affairs. But otherwise,
affair suggests* a badly-put-togciher contraption. In best society, oni
dines on lunches or goes to a party, but no one ever heard of a person ol
taste, speak of “attending a social affair.”
Q. How should a wife introduce her husband to another man?
A. “Mr. Phillips, this is my husband.”
Q. When one has accepted an invitation to a dinner in some
crte’s Home '^pecifidd at 6:30 p. m., at what time should one arrive?
A. About ten minutes before the specified time.
LOOK and LEARN c.GORDON
1. From the seed of what plant is linseed oil made?
'2. What is thp largest city between Kansas and California?
3. What was the legislative assembly of Nazi Germany called?
4. How many cups of butter are there in a pound?
Z. What do musicians mean when they speak of the ASCAP?
ANSWERS:
1. Flax.
2. Denver, Colo.
3. The Reichstag.
4. Two.
5. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. 1
BROWNIE TROOP MEETS
Brownie Troop No. 14 elected
ififcers for December at their meet
ng, Tuesday Marianne Argetsinger
Tilt be president, Arlene Bowers,
'ic« president, and Dana Walker,
ecretary. Jo Ann Scott and Mari
yn. Hanna are the new reporters.
Va, were very busy at our meeting
vith Christmas projects which we
lope will surprise ohr parents.
JO Ann Scott, Marilyn Hanna,
teporters.
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NOTICE SONS OF NORWAY
Sons of Norway meeting Thurs
day evening at 8 p.m. in Moose
Hall. All members are urged to at
tend. 76-lt
FOOD SALE
Juneau Woman’s Club Saturday,
10:30 at Sears. 76-3t
NOTICE
Regular dancing classes, all ages
sit A.F.L. Hall Saturdays. Dorothj
S. Roff and Miss Rtjssell. Phone
Blue 163 about 6 p.m. or Red 720.
Crossword Puzzle
ACROSS
1. Emanation
7. Hair ointment
13. Gratify
14. Neither vege
table nor
mineral
15. Whirlwind off
the Faroe
islands
16. Signified
18. Artificial
language
19. Condensed at
mospheric
moisture
21. Heavy cords
22. Small
explosion
23. Variant form
of a mild
oath
25. Play on words
26. One side of a
book leaf
27. In earnest
29. Operatic solos
30. Knocks
31. Broad smile
32. Backbone
34. Reduces In
grade
37. Open court
38. The human
race
39. Interpret:
archaic
40. Angry
41. Retinue of
wives
43. Tear apart
44. By
45. Objects or
reasons
47. Symbol for
tantalum
43. Complain
50. Chemical
vessel
52. Idolizes
63. Spirited
horses
gannsEi sibbi
r\
I IC'K
nranm rasa
SMclAlPlSMElB'Sl
solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle’
DOWN
1. After songs
2. Coat of wool
3. Symbol for
Iron
4. Boy
5. One who
employ*
6. Genu* of toad*
7. Thin metal
plate or disk
8. Units
9. Denoting the
central part
10. Exist.
11. In India, a
governor
12. Abscond*
17. Musical work
20. Troubled
22. Rope (or fast
ening p boat
24. Roman goddess
26. Previous
28. Unclose:
• poetlo
29. Furnish with
weapon*
31. Alcoholic
liquor*
32. Winged seed
33. Talked glibly
34. Indian millet
3E. Prepared for
publication *
36. Leaves form
ing a calyx
38. Defeat* at
chess
41. Sharpening
stone
42. Liquefy by
heat
45. Russian
village
46. Institute legal
proceeding*
49.'.Italian river
BL Down: prefix
MEMORIALS
MARBLE and GRANITE
Monuments and Markers
JUNEAl) MARBLE WORKS
Phone 426—302 Franklin St.
© B.P.O.ELKS
Meeting Every Wednesday at 8
P.M. Visiting brothers welcome.
LeROY WEST. Exalted Ruler.
W. H. BIGGS, Secretary.
Moose Lodge No. 700
Regular Meetings Every Friday
Governor—
LOREN CARD
Secretary—
WALTER R. HERMANSEN
Taku Post No. 5559
V. F. W.
Meeting every Thursday in
the Jeep Club at 8:00 p.m.
NASH
SAlES and SERVICE
CHRISTENSEN BROS.
909 12th Phone Green 279
Brownie's liquor Slore
Phone 103 139 So. Franklin
P. O. Box 2596
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The Charles W. Carler
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McGregor Sportswear
Stetson and Mallory Hats
Arrow Shirts and Underwear
Allen Edmonds Shoes
Skyway Luggage
BOTANY
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STETSON HATS
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FOR BETTER MEATS
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J. A. Durgin Company, Inc.
Accounting Auditing Tax Work
Room 3, Valentine Building
JUNEAU. ALASKA
P. O. Box 642 Telephone (19
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"The Rexall Slore"
Your Reliable Pharmacists
BUTLEK-MAURO
DRUG CO.
Alaska Mnsic Supply
Pianos—Musical Instruments
and Supplies
Phone 206 Second and Seward
Card Beverage Co.
Wholesale BOS 10th Bt.
PHONE 216—DAY or NIGHT
for MIXERS or SODA POP
The Alaskan Hotel
Newly Renovated Boone
at Reasonable Rates
PHONE SINGLE O
THOMAS HARDWARE
and FURNITURE CO.
PHONE 655
PAINTS-OILS
. Builders' and Shelf
HARDWARE
Remington Typewriters
SOLD and SERVICED by
J. B. Snrford Co.
'Out Doorstep Is Worn by
Satisfied Customers”
FORD AGENCY
(Authorized Dealers)
GREASES — GAS — OIL
Jnnean Motor Co.
Foot of Main Street
MAKE
JUNEAU DAIRIES
DELICIOUS ICE CREAM
s dally habit—ask for It by aaOM
Juneau Dairies, Inc.
HOME GROCERY
Phones 146 and 342
Home Liquor Store—TeL CM
American Meat — Phone St
To Banish “Bine Monday”
To give you more freedom
from work — TRY
Alaska Lanndry
H. S. GRAVES
The Clothing Man
LEVI’S OVERALLS
for Boys
BLACKWELL’S
CABINET SHOP
117 Main fit Phone 773
High QuUtj Cabinet Week
for Home, Office or Store
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