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Friday, December 28, 1951
STATE FORESTS?
Congress will reconvene January 8 and it probably
won’t be very much later than that when the per
ennial cry for statehood begins to echo from Wash
ington to Anchorage.
Things haven't changed appreciably in the weeks
since the Congress adjourned and there is no indica
tion that the current brand of statehood legislation
will do any belter than its predecessors. If any
thing. it may not faro as well.
Bob DcAimond’s column, which appeared in yes
terday’s Empire, pointed out that some of the state
hood proponents have, to all intents and purposes, cut
off their noses to spite their faces by their insistence
in following the Gruening line without regard for the
sentiments of their chief supporters in Washington.
The forestry resolution adopted by the unhappy First
Division Democratic convention at Sitka was a clear
indication that those who plumped for it were un
aware of what it meant. The proposal in the current
statehood bill to give the new state 37 Vt per cent of
the gross revenue derived from National Forests
within its boundaries is actually a great deal more
liberal than outright transfer of the forests would be
We doubt that the state of Alaska could patrol, pro
tect and manage Tongass National Forest and comt
out any better on the sale of its products, if as well
than the 37'i per cent offered in the bill. However
maybe these people know more about timber man
agement than does the Forest Service although we
doubt It.
Actually, the Forest Service has been the prime
target for a lot of Interior Department sniping am
probably will continue to be as long as Dr. Oruemne
is unable to dictate its policies and operations.
Recent example of this sort of attack came uf
during discussions of a proposed road to connec
Juneau with the highway via Taku. An editoria
offering in the Anchorage Times wrapped Southeas
Alaska’s problems in a neat package and attemptec
to lay it at the doorstep of the Forest Service.
Southeast Alaska does have problems — and sorm
of them are of large proportion — and we hope sin
cerely to find workable solutions to them. We doubt
however, that name-calling will build any roads 01
effect any progress.
The Forest Service in Alaska is in hands jusl
as capable as are the myriad offshoots of the Interior
Department. It should be permitted to carry out its
function without interference from any other de
partment or bureau. Most of its personnel are trained
thoroughly in timber management and forestry prob
lems and are able to perform their duties efficiently
with a minimum of dictation from professional poli
ticians who would make political hay with one of our
greatest natural resources.
MANPOWER SHORTAGE?
Citizens worried about the Army’s shortage of
manpower should attend a cocktail party at one of
the many Army posts hear Washington, says Jack
Wilson in Look magazine.
Entering the Army post for the party, Wilson
found two soldiers at the gate in dress uniform.
One soldier had an electrically lighted baton with
which he directed the guests. A few steps down the
road were two more soldiers, one also carrying an
electric baton, the other an MI rifle. Two more pairs
of these soldiers — a total of eight — were directing
the guests to the commanding general’s door. Five
more GI's stood ready to park the visitors’ cars.
Just inside the general’s door stood a major and
a captain directing guests up the stairs. At the top
of the stairway stood three majors. One of these
asked the visitor for his name, led him inside and
introduced him to a colonel. The colonel formally
presented the guest to the general.
“Then you were free to find your way to the
bar and brood about the Army’s shortage of man
power,” Wilson concluded.
The Washington
Merry-Go-Round
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such as deep freezes and free air
plane junkets in return for highly
valuable concessions made at the
taxpayers’ expense. *
2. By the fact that the men im
mediately around Truman don’t get
tojthc .rqpls of corruption. They
are not alert and militant as were
honest Harold Ickes and the men
around Roosevelt.
This lack of militancy is one
reason why the President seems to
have fumbled the ball regarding
the appointment of Judge Tom
Murphy to head a corruption
clean-up.
THE PALACE GUARD
Truman began with every inten
tion of a genuine clean-up. He
seemed completely sincere about
letting the chips fall where they
may. But gradually, almost imper
ceptibly, the palace guard has
shunted him around to the idea
that the press is exaggerating the
corruption issue in order to per
secute one Harry Truman.
To one recent visitor, the Presi
dent said reassuringly: "Corruption
isn't as bad as it's painted and
we're going to clean it up. The
big trouble is the newspapers are
all trying to outdo Drew Pearson.”
This idea was the result of a
steady sales campaign by the palace
guard.
White House staff conferences
never have teen too inspiring, but
today they are worse. Wilson Wy
att, the ex-mayor of Louisville,
when in charge of veterans’ hous
ing, used to find his housing ideas
sabotaged hj Harry Vaughn, who
sat in a corner of the room during
staff meetings, held his nose and
pulled an imaginary chain, when
he didn’t like one of Wyatt’s poli
cies. The President, watching
Vaughn out. of the corner of his
eye, took the cue. He turned down
so many of Wyatt’s ideas that he
resigned.
The incident illustrates the pow
er of the White House staff on a
President, especially one wrho is
weak or changeable.
Today not many new ideas come
up at staff meetings. Part of the
time is monopolized by General
Vaughn, who takes pride in having
a couple of new jokes every day
for the amusement of his chief;
while part of the time is spent
telling Mr. Truman about the un
fairness of the press.
GOOD INTENTIONS
Once or twice, the President has
started his staff conference on
what amounted to a sermon on
clean government, repeated his
famous quotation to Democratic
chairman Frank McKinney, "My
friends have let me down,” told
how he never tolerated graft when
he was a county judge for Tom
Pendergast, and wound up with a
firm stab ment that he intended
to throw out the crooks.
Then when the conversation got
round to specific ways of cleaning
up influence, someone adroitly
shifted it to Mr. Truman’e pet
target—the press. This never tails i
to get his dander up, and the
President’s original good intentions
are forgotten.
Real fact is that Matt Connelly,
most astute meirrtier of the White
House staff, and friend of many of
the big city Democratic bosses, has
not seemed too enthusiastic about
a slam-bang clean-up. It was Con
nelly who first suggested Judge
Murphy to head the corruption in
vestigation, but after Murphy in
sisted on a forthright staff of his
own choosing with plenty of powei
behind it, the original ardor for a
real house-cleaning seemed to cool
around the White House.
One interesting thing about the
charming Matt Connelly is that
he has done some of the same kind
of wire-pulling that others are be
ing condemned for by congression
al committees. Matt's special in
terest in more ways than one is
certain big airlines, and it was he,
perhaps more than anyone else,
who euchred the President into
leversing the Civil Aeronautics
Board and its opposition to the
Pan American and American Over
seas Airlines amalgamation.
BEAUTIFUL LOBBYIST
After Connelly helped these two
airlines to combine, his vivacious
friend and vice president of Am
erican Airlines, Carlene Roberts,
had her salary increased from $12,
000 to $25,000.
The full impact of these develop
ments is not realized by the Pres
ident. And if he does read about
them in the newspapers, the palace
guard usually manages to discount
them as more persecution by the
press.
The President, for instance, seems
to have no realization that when
his personal physician. Brig. Gen.
Wallace Graham, is publicly ex
posed for gambling on the com
modity market and gets promoted
rather than reprimanded, the cue
is taken by lesser men all down
the line in government. What those
in the White House get away with,
argue those down the line, others
can get away with.
The acceptance of free deep
freezes by General Vaughn for
Mrs. Truman and members of the
cabinet may not have seemed im
portant to the President. But these
examples set at the very top, have
had immediate repercussions down
below'. So does the effect of a mu
nicipal judgeship to the son of the
liquor dealer who sends liquor to
the White House, Milton Kronheim.
So also does the effect of the
free perfume which John Mara
gon brought in for the wives of
high officials. Maragon even at
tempted to bribe the Customs, and
because he was n friend of the
White House, got away with it
where other men would have been
prosecuted.
With these White House cues
tacked on the public horizon for all
the world to see, it is not hard to
understand why subordinates fol
low suit.
NOTICE PIONEERS
Pioneers of Alaska Dinner Friday '
December 28th at 6:30 p.m. Reg
ular monthly meeting to follow.
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Grid Stars for
Shrine Game
Tomorrow
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28— UD—
Fifty of America’s greatest college
football stars, including eight All
Americas, do their bit for crippled
children in the annual Shrine game
Saturday.
Their efforts, before a sellout
crowd of 60,000 in Kezar Stadium,
will net the Shriners’ crippled Child
ren’s hospital here more than $100,
000.
Game time is 1:30 p.m. (PST).
The East's All-Americas are half
back Dick Kazmaeier of Princeton
and tackles Bob Toneff of Notre
Dame and Don Coleman of Michi
gan State .and Ohio State’s 1950
A-A halfback, Vic Janowicz.
The West’s All-Americas are full
backs Hugh Mcllhenny of Wash
ington and Ollie Matson of San
Francisco, guard Les Richter of Cal
ifornia and tackle Jim Weatherall
of Oklahoma.
West head coach Jess Neely of
Rice indicated his offensive starting
fulback will be Mcllhenny, ace coast
gainer. Matson is nursing a game
leg, but will play.
MILK NOTICE
There will be milk delivery Janu
ary 1st, as usual if your bottles
are out.
Wm. Flint, Juneau Dairy Pro
ducts. 002-2t
NOTICE
Local 10, Teamsters party, Friday
December 28. Members in good
standing only. 002-It
NOTICE PIONEERS
Pioneers of Alaska Dinner Friday
December 28th at 6:30 p.m. Reg
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December 28
John H. Dimond
Victoria Barrington
Oscar Elisen
Mrs. C. F. Vassae
Rosalie Maloney
Jennie Johnson
Harvey Wtldenradt
Madge Hildinger
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 . 29—Partly Cloudy
Barrow. -10—Partly Cloudy
Bethel . 25—Cloudy
Cordova . 18—Partly Cloudy
Dawson . -5—Cloudy
Edmonton . 7—Cloudy
Fairbanks . 10—Cloudy
Haines . 21—Cloudy
Havre . . -7—Clear
I Juneau Airport . 23—Snow
I Annette Island . 36—Cloudy
Kodiak . 37—Partly Cloudy
Kotzebue . -4—Cloudy
McGrath ... 22—Cloudy
Nome . 9—Cloudy
I Northway . 10—Clear
j Petersburg . 26—Snow
Portland . 31—Cloudy
| Prince George . -14—Cloudy
! Seattle . 36—Cloudy
Whitehorse . 11—Snow
| Yakutat . 12—Clear
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Sedgman Crushes
America's Team
For Davis Cup
By GAYLE TALBOT
SYDNEY, Australia, Dec. 28—OB—
! In one of the most magnificent ex
| hibitions of tennis ever seen in any
j country, Frank Sedgman completed
j his job of crushing America’s Davis
I Cup Team Friday,
j With issue still in balance in the
I fifth and deciding match of the
’ challenge round, the young blonde
Aussie ace sliced Vic Seixas into rib
bons, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2, to retain the
I coveted cup for his country, three j
j matches to two. j
Ted Schroeder had kept the cSal
j lengers in the running by handing
j Mervyn Rose his second straight set
| defeat, 6-4, 13-11, 7-5.
Sedgman near knocked Seixas’
| racquet from his hand with his un
| returnable service for final point,
j Prime Minister Robert Menzies
i presented the trophy to the winners.
In defeating Schroeder on opening
day, then joining Ken McGregor in
the vital doubles victory over Schro
eder and Tony Trabert Thursday
and rending Seixas Friday. Sedg
man lost only one set. That was
to Schroeder after he led, two sets
to none.
Tragedy Hiis 6
Of One Family
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Dec. 28
—(.ft—Six members . of a Jackson
ville family lost their lives in an
auto-train collision here Thursday.
Killed were Mack Cooner, 40, his
wife, and their four children.
Engineer T. L. Norwood of the
Florida East Coast Railway freight
train said he was about 25 feet
from a crossing when he first no
ticed the auto approaching.
Police Chief H. L. Ham of South
Daytona Beach said the Cooners’
car plunged into the train’s diesel
engine.
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DECEMBER 28, 1931
Mr. and Mrs. George Bolyan ol Juneau had booked passage on the
steamship Admiral Evans, sailing this evening for Seattle. The Bolyans
planned to spend the next six months in Mexico City.
Jerry Cashen received the fruit cake which was made by Mrs.
August Olson, for the benefit of the Altar Society of Douglas.
John Pastl, proprietor of the New York Exchange, reported burglars
had entered the store the previous night and obtained $6.25 in coin, and
(hirty dollars worth of stock. No clue to their identity had yet been
discovered. '
Santa Claus was to make one last appearance in Juneau tonight,
to attend the Christmas tree party that the Elks had arranged for the
children of Gastineau Channel in the Capitol Theatre. On the Elks
committee having charge of the party were George Messerschmidt, M.
S. Jorgensen, John Hermle and Dr. R. E. Southwell.
The Congregational Community Sunday School in Douglas was to
have a Christmas tree and program the coming night, for all children
of Douglas. After the program a party was to be held in the League
rooms.
Three boxes, containing 1,500 pounds of fresh king salmon, were
received from Henry Moy of Hoonah, by Juneau Cold Storage.
Weather: High, 37: low, 33; cloudy.
Daily Lessons in English &L. cordon j
wORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, "I am very pleased with
the Christmas gifts I have received.” Say, “I am very MUCH pleased.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Livelong and long-lived. In LIVE
LOIiT, the I is pronounced as in IT. In LONG-LIVED, the I is pro
nounced as in ICE.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Hail (frozen raindrops). Hale (healthy).
SYNONYMS: Liberality, generosity, munificence, open-handedness,
free giving. ,
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:
FRAGMENTARY; composed of fragments; not complete. "Our only
evidence was fragmentary.”
j MODERN ETIQUETTE Roberta lee ]
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Q. Is it considered proper to mail out standard engraved cards of
thanks for flowers sent to a funeral?
A. No; this is too impersonal, when a friend has taken the time
to select flowers and offer his sympathly. It takes but a moment to
write on a fold-over visiting card, "Thank you for your beautiful
flowers,” or, “Thank you for your kind sympathy.”
Q. What is a good rule for women to follow about dressing for
various social functions?
A. When in doubt, wear the plainer, or simpler, dress. If you don’t
know whether to wear a ball dress or a dinner dress, wear the dinner
dress. Or whether to wear wool or velvet to a luncheon party, wear
the wool.
Q. Is it proper to eat the patty shells in which chicken is some- !
times served? I
A. Yes, in the same way as we eat the crust of a pie.
j LOOK and LEARN a! c. Gordon j
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1. Who were the inventors of: (a) incandescent lamp, <b) the reap-j
er, (c) vulcanization of rubber?
2. What are the three great divisions of the U. S. Government?
3. What American girl recently became the first woman to swim
the English Channel, from England to France?
4. What is the capital city of Puerto Rico?
5. Who was the greatest comedian of silent motion pictures?
ANSWERS: J
1. (a) Thomas Edison ,(b) Cyrus McCormick, (c) Charles Good
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year.
2. Executive, Legislative and Judicial. •
3. Florence Chadwick, of San Diego, Calif., on September 11, 1351.
4. San Juan.
5. Charlie Chaplin.
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