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-s • ■ i EPRESENTATIVE8 — Alaska Newspapers, 1411
Fourth Avenue Bide.. Seattle. Wash.
Saturday, October 27, 1951
HARRY’S IRON CURTAIN
President Truman's order permitting civilian Fed
eral agencies to mark documents "top secret" is
another instance of the well-intentioned type of blund
ering that lead' us farther along the road to totali
tarian: m.
Fi st fruit of the order was the announcement
that anything which tends to embarrass the OPS is
"security information” — not for publication. The
OPS announcement was later rescinded, but it points
up one of the very real dangers of censorship.
The President says he issued the secrecy order
because newspapers and magazines had published 95
per cent of the nation’s secrets. But reporters at that
press conference reminded Mr Truman — and showed
him - that these so-called secrets had been handed
out by agencies already authorized to prevent their
publication.
Thi: brings out another basic fact — that govern
mental agencies are unconscionably eager to pub
licizi anything creditable to themselves or favorable
to their propaganda program. When an agency wants
to pat itself on the back, it seeks publicity. Every
newspaper receives reams of “press releases" in every
mail. Some few are legitimate news, but most report
mouthings of bureaucrats whose utterances generally
fail to interest their own office help.
On the other hand, should the information tend
to discredit the bureaucrats, it becomes “top secret"
and is withheld from the press on the ground that
publication would be an admission of weakness.
We don't discount the vital need for security,
but we contend that guarding essential secrets is a
difficult task — and is hardly likely to be accom
plished by giving censorship authority to every petty
bureaucrat.
WESTERN POWERS CONCERNED
I •
Because of the importance of the Suez Canal to
international trade and to the defense of Western
civilization, the United States and other western
powers, as well as Great Britain, are concerned about
the attempt of the Egyptian Government, by uni
lateral action, to force the British out of that
country against the terms of the Anglo-Egyptain
Treaty of 1936.
The background of this dispute reveals that the
ambassadors of the two English-speaking nations ad
vised the Egyptians some time ago that proposals for
the settlement of the issues were about completed.
They gave Egyptian officials an indication of the
proposals which would be backed by France, as well
as the other two nations involved.
Before these proposals could be formally made to
the Egyptian Government, legislation was introduced
in the Egyptian Parliament to push the British, not
only from the important Suez Canal zone, but also
from Sudan. Treaties giving the British Government
the right to maintain solders and airplanes were
abrogated by the Egyptian Government without parley.
In the view of the Western nations, which make
it plain that they are not opposing changes in the
Near East, the action of the Egyptians approaches
international blackmail, being in defiance of legiti
mate international agreements and tending to create
a military situation which would be beneficial to no
one but the Russians.
Meeting in Ottawa last month, the Western na
tions agreed to suggest to Egypt that the Treaty of
1936 be abrogated and replaced by a new international
agreement, in which Egypt would be an equal mem
ber of the Near Eastern Command, including the
United States, Great Britain, France and Turkey.
Headquarters of the defense area would be in Egypt.
Under this arrangement, the United States would be
involvld in the defense of the entire Near Eastern
area, including Egypt, but would not seek to replace
Great Britain as the principal guardian of Near East
security.
Christmas Seal
Sale Is Slatting
Hese He*f Week
Christmas seals and bonds will
go on sale next week among the
business houses of Juneau under
the auspices of the Kiwanis Club.
PosU'i’rtWfyliY#' Jolly OTd St. Nick
and the double barred cross, the
registered trade mark of the Na
tional Tuberculosis Association, will
be distributed advertising the sale
of the Seals. At the end of the
business solicitation the Seals wdll
go by mail into the homes. This
year marks the 45th annual Sale
By the National association, the
18th in Alaska.
The Seal Sale dollar is divided
three ways: 6 percent goes to the
national association for their great
educational and research program,
20 percent remains in the hands of
Christmas Seal committees for local
needs in connection with the tuber
culosis control program and the
remainder comes to the central of
fice in Juneau for the Territory
wide program.
A letter recently received from
a former Juneau resident who has
been a patient in a tuberculosis
hospital in Seattle for the past twro
years gives an insight into the psy
chology a tuberculosis patient must
adopt:
“I am happy to report that I am
really making progress now—X can
get up five times a day for about
15 minutes at a time, and every
two weeks I add another 15 min
utes I have it all figured out that
by Christmas I can get up for my
first meal and by next summer I
can stay up half a day! Dogs that
seem awfully long to you? We are
so accustomed to thinking in terms
of ye ars here, never days or weeks,
that I don't mind it at all so long
as I keep making progress. I have
learned to keep myself very busy
with handwork and activities which
require very little movement, and
so the time goes surprisingly fast.”
Seattle Contract Renewed
Christmas Seals pay the salary
of the occupational therapist who
supervises the activities this patient
refers to. The Alaska Tuberculosis
Association this week renewed for
another six months its contract
with the Seattle Sanatoria that re
ceive Alaskan patients covering the
per patient share of the occupa
tional therapy and medical-social
counseling programs in those insti
tutions, in cooperation with the
county tuberculosis associations of
Washington. The amount of the
contract is $936, an increase of
about $140 over the previous six
months of the fiscal year.
Similar programs at Seward San
atorium account for about $3,500
of Christmas Seal funds. Smaller
amounts, ranging from $50 to $500
according to the extent of the pro
gram, are given each year to the
Alaskan hospitals with tuberculosis
wards.
Indigent Fund
Another expenditure of Seal Sale
dollars that had healing value is
the Indigent Fund. Many patients,
even if they were not penniless
i when they entered the hospital,
i come to the time when they are
completely without resources. The
hospitalization contracts with the
privately owned institutions do not
j cover laundry, replacement of pa
jamas or gowns, barbering and care
of the hair, cosmetics, stamps or
I like items of physical and mental
I necessity. While the hospitals with
j in the Territory provide laundry
■ and bed garments, the other items
I must come from independent sourc
I es.
Christmas Seal funds from the
central office provide about $150 a
month toward supplying these needs
for the patient who has no Where
I else to turn, besides the investments
in contentment made by the local
committees, an example of which
is the recent purchase of pajamas
by the Kiwanls Club for two form
er Juneau residents, who are long
term tuberculosis patients.
DOCTOR IN TOWN
Dr. B. E. Brayer of the Mount
Edgecumbe Medical Center is regis
tered at the Baranof Hotel.
Prize-Winning Photo
This photograph of a little girl and her kitten asleep in a chair was
chc- n grand prize winner in the 1951 Newspaper National Snapshot
awards. The picture was made by Mrs. A. K. Wilson of Seattle,
Wash., and won her $1,500. The final judging of the contest was
In Id in Washington. <IH Wirephoto.
THESE DAYS
By GEORGE E. SOKOLSKY
(Copyright, 1951, King Features
Syndicate, Inc.)
SPYING DIPLOMATS
There seems to be no end to the
new techniques which the Soviet
i countries employ to keep the United '
i States in turmoil. Strikes in Am
j erican industries in which Com
I munist unions participate are ex
amples of disturbance by remote
control.
The main line for such activity
is not from the American Com- [
munist Party but from a network
of embassies and consulates out
of which they operate under diplo
matic immunity. Such immunity |
is also extended to those connect
ed with the United Nations.
J. Edgar Hoover, la»o year, said
of this:
"Experience has revealed that1
foreign espionage agents seek the i
protection of a legal cover. By that ^
I mean they seek admittance into;
the United States on diplomatic j
passports. They seek assignments to ‘
some official foreign agency and
thus conceal themselves under the j
diplomatic cloak of immunity. To
further avert suspicion, a high
ranking espionage agent may very
well be employed as a clerk or in
some minor capacity in a foreign
establishment. However, when he
speaks, ^hose with higher-sounding
titles follow his orders without
question. .
The McCarran committee reports:
"The chief of the investigation
section of the Immigration and
Naturalization Service testified that
he had no doubt in his mind that
the control and direction of the
Communist apparatus in the United
States is centered in aliens who
are in the consulates, embassies,
and international organizations in
the United States;. .
These two quotations show how
easy it is for a foreign country
I to plant an espionage organization
within the United States which
would not only ply its nefarious
trade but would enjoy immunity
from our laws and the protective
coverage of a diplomatic exequator.
From July, 1947 until March, 1951,
3,616 diplomatic visas were granted
persons from Soviet countries.
Lord Vansittart, who for many
years was the chief permanent of
ficial of the British foreign office,
! once made this very interesting
| point:
. under the old school, immun
ity was limited to the diplomatic
j staff. There were considerable
doubts whether it even extended
to the consular personnel. Cert
I ainly no one would ever have
1 thought of extending the claim to
any other body.
“With the vicious extension of the
I province of diplomacy has come
a corresponding exaggeration of the
claim for immunity. When all sorts
of rogues are part of the machin
ery, all sorts of devices must be
thought up to cover them. The pro
cess began in the greatly overstaff
ed Communist trade agencies—
thin concealment indeed, seeing the
small trade done by them. . .”
He might have added that in
the old days anyone associated with
the diplomatic services was expect
ed to be a gentleman and to en
gage in no activities which might
j bring discredit upon his country. In
• OCTOBER 27 •
• John York •
• William C. Jensen •
• Mrs Charles Forward •
• Charles Schramm •
• Bill Winn •
• J. L. Wilson •
• G. W. Brown •
• Vera Fryer •
• Daniel O'Reilly •
• Jack R. Clark •
• Dorothy Daroff •
• OCTOBER 28 •
• Thomas Mark Thibodeau •
• A. H. Hendrickson •
• I: Goldstein •
• Rolarid C. Ingram •
• Helena M. Poole •
• William Fullerton •
• Albert F. Gam •
• John Kearney, Jr. •
• Maurice Walworth •
• Beverly Junge •
• Eddie Nelson •
• Mrs. Herbert Knudsen •
• Mrs. M. E. Tippetts o
• Carlita Diaz •
Community Events
TODAY
At 2 p.m.—Style show by Stevens
in Gold Room, Baranof Hotel that
is starter for annual membership
drive for Alaska Crippled Child
ren’s Association.
At 7:30 p.m.—Hallowe'en Carnival
of Rainbow Girls in Scottish Rite
Temple.
At 8:30 p.m. — Sourdocey Square
Dance club meets in grade school
gym.
At 10 p.m.—Pre-Days of ’98 dance
by Elks in ballroom.
At 10 p.m.—Hallowe’en Dance and j
masquerade by Moose Lodge. :
October 28
At 11 a.m. and 8 p.m.—Special serv- j
ices at Methodist church with Dr.
Steffens as guest speaker.
October 29
At noon—Lions Club meets at Bara
nof Hotel.
At noon—BPWC meets at Baranof.
At 7 p.m.—Headquarters and Head
quarters Service Co. weekly drill
in Armory.
At 7 p m.—Juneau Badminton club
will play in high school gym.
At 8 p.m.—American Legion post
meets in Dugout.
At 8 p.m.—Special services at Meth
odist church, Dr. Steffens as guest
speaker.
October 30
At noon—Rotary Club meets at
Baranof Hotel.
At 8:30 p.m.—Community Ccntc.'
Night for Adults at Teen Age
club with square dancing.
October 31
At noon—Kiwanis club meets at
Baranof.
At 8 p.m.—Elks Lodge.
November 1
At noon—Chamber of Commerce
meets at Baranof Hotel.
At 6 p.m.—Taku Toastmasters meet
at Baranof Hotel.
At 7:30 p.m.—City Council meets.
At 8 p.m.—VFW post meets in Jeep
Club.
At 8:45 p.m.—Juneau Singers re
hearsal at Methodist church.
November 3
At 11:30 a.m.—Rebekah Bazaar in
IOOF Hall with smorgaasbord at
6:30 p.m.
the current “democratic” era, such
gentility is out of vogue. When, as
in England, Tass representatives
claim diplomatic immunity, the
whole process has reached a new
low, for while Tass regards itself
as part of the press, It is actually
owned by the Soviet government.
So Is everything else in every
Soviet country. It would be like
granting the operator of a sewer
system diplomatic immunity be
cause the government ow*ns the
sewer. I am sure that could hap
pen, too.
The State Department seems to be
delicate in such matters, disliking
apparently to keep anyone out of
the United States who has a dip
lomatic passport. There is the case
of Roman Kutylowski, president of
the Gdynia-America Line, on whose
ship, "Batory,” Gerhart Eisler es
caped. The Immigration and Natur
alization Service sought to deport
him and locked him up on Ellis
Island. But he was let off by order
of the State Department. This is
the testimony between the commit
tee and the service's chief investi
gator:
"Mr. Arens. Now do you have in
formation as to who it was in the
State Department who made that
representation? •
“Mr. Pennington. The Board of
Immigration’s discussion of Feb
ruary 1, 1951, indicates they have a
letter from the Secretary of State
dated January 29, 1951. That let
ter, however, does not-appear in
the New York file and would prob
ably be found in the Department
file.
"Mr. Arens. Now who in the
State Department would be the in
dividual who would pass upon this
type of case to make the represen
tation to the Justice Department?
“Pennington. That I can't answer.
I assume that the correspondence
would be signed by either the Secre
tary or the Under Secretary. I can
only assume that, however."
So Mr. Kutylowski was released
from Fills Island because of some
kind of diplomatic special privilege.
j 20 YEARS AGO the empire j
OCTOBER 27, 1931
Juneau’s social season for the fall and winter was to be formally
opened Novemebr 6 by the first of a series of Shrine dances. Season
invitations were to be issued. The committee in charge included Charles
W Hawkesworth, Brice Howard and J. Simpson MacKinnon.
A. R. Davidson, bookkeeper at the Harris Hardware Company, was
a passenger southbound on the Admiral Evans. He was to vacation for
a month at Long Beach, Calif.
The steamer Victoria sailed southbound from Nome with a cargo
including gold bullion valued at $400,000.
VV. H. Neiderhauser, auto mechanic with the Connors Motor Com
pany, left on the Princess Norah for a visit to the States.
Mrs. LeRoy Vestal was recovering from a serious case of pneumonia
at St. Ann's Hospital.
Deputy U. S. Marshal William Schnabel arrived from Sitka on the
MS Estebeth.
Robert Bonner of Douglas had been laid up with an attack of lum
bago. He expected to be able to return to his work in a day or two.
Weather: High, 41; low, 34; rain.
Daily Lessons in English w. l. Gordon \
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WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do not say, "The meeting will take
place Saturday evening at 8:00 P. M." Say either, “Saturday evening
at 8:C0," or, "Saturday at 8:00 P. M.”
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Language. Pronounce lang-gwij, I as
in BRIDGE, not lang-gwage.
OFTEN MISSPELLED: Device (noun). Devise (verb).
SYNONYMS: Inaccurate, incorrect, inexact, erroneous, wrong.
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:
REMONSTRATE: to plead in protest. “Conscience remonstrates against
a profligate life."
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| MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA LEE j
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Q. Is it permissible for a woman guest tb open a conversation with
a male guest at a house party, if there has been no introduction?
A. Yes, this Is quite proper. The fact that you are both friends
of your hostess is introduction enough in this case.
Q. How is the best way to invite a wedding guest to the reception
following the ceremony?
A. By including a small card with the wedding invitation, reading,
■Reception immediately following the ceremony 756 Park Avenue —
R.s.v.p.”
Q. What is a PPC card?
A. It is a visiting card on which PPC has been written in the
corner (pour prendre conge), meaning to take leave or “I have gone
away.”
j LOOK and LEARN A. C. GORDON ||
l--i
1. More than half of the fresh water of the world is collected in
what connected bodies of water?
2. What is the lowest possible poker hand one can hold?
3. What Bohemian composer wrote a famous symphony about
America?
4. What is the better-known name of the country, Chosen?
5. What parts of spech are the words “yes” and "no"?
ANSWERS:
1. The Great Lakes.
2. Two, three, four, five and seven (mixed suits).
3. Anton Dvorak (1841-1904); "The New World Symphony.”
4. Korea.
5. Adverbs.
DIES — AND LIVES
TO TELL ABOUT IT
PENANG — Ifl — Fifty-nine
year-old Prasraman Tamulong, an
Indian overseer, “died” and when
he awoke told a strange tale of
visiting Hell.
While relatives prepared him for
burial, Prasraman claimed his spir
it wandered for five minutes “in
a strange hereafter where there
was only bare land, without hous
ses and trees.”
“It was drab, misty and weird.
I looked round and saw spikes *en
which some wrongdoers were being
punished,” he said. These people
looked like ordinary beings, except
that they had large heads with
tremendous eyes, ears and noses.
All around me were boiling cauld
rons and huge flames. Suddenly
I was thrust into a deep, fathom
less pool of icy-cold water which
practically numbed me.”
At this stage Prasraman "re
turned to life.” A few minutes
more and he would have gone in
to a grave. Medical authorities,
however, said they thought Pras
raman might have been in a de
lirium during his visit to “Hell.”
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across
L Ulumlnant
4. Unadulterated
g. Public vehicles
12. High mountain
IS. Detail
14. Regiment in
the Turkish
army
lg. Chides
vehemently
17. Stamp
18. Crystal gazer
19. Succession
21. Dutch city
23. Attend the sick
24. Uninhabited
27. Carpenter's
tool
SO. Draft animal
31. Edge
S3. Hold a session
85. You and X
36. Jewel
38. Beaten
violently
41. Behaved
44. Native metal
45. Regrets
profoundly
48. Vulgar
pretender
to gentility
61. Narrow back
city street
62. Medicine
dropper
64. Employer
65. Volcano
56. Exclamation*
57. Lie in warmth
58. Inquires
69. Parcel of
ground
DOWN
1. Prates
2. On the
sheltered side
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MMElTlOlNMSIT E
|RiE|N|p|i m1 [q|n|| E
ImIqInit eml a'gB e
Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle
8. Frolics
4. Deep holt
6. American
Indians
6. Take umbrage
at
T. Type measure
8. Worries
9. Brings Into
line
10. Judge's court
bench
11. Location
1G. Zeal
17. Soft murmur
20. Search
22. Biblical priest
24. Follow closely
25. English river
26. Clear light
yellow
28. One of the sails
of a windmill
20. Marry
33. Japanese
statesman
34. Concise
37. Trees of the
genus Acer
30. Experts
40. Price paid for
use of
another’s
property
42. Attendant In a
store
43. Plaything
45. Smear
46. Wagnerian
character
47. Kitchen
appurtenance
49. Former king of
Greece
50. Throb
53. Dance step
55. Babylonian
deity
Veteran Craft
Arrives fo Be
De-Commissioned
The oldest vessel in the Pish and
Wildlife Service fleet arrived in
Juneau yesterday from Craig on
which was her last trip for the '
Service.
The Bluewing, patrol vessel for
more than 25 years, and one hav
ing seen service through most of
the waters of southeast Alaska, is
in port under the command of Capt.
Mel Gill to be de-commissioned.
The Bluewing, 50 feet in length,
is still a good boat, according to
Howard Baltzo, assistant regional
director, and will be sold at a
later date to the highest bidder.
But the veteran vessel is being re
placed with a new, more modern
craft the Auklet II.
Capt. Gill will leave with the
Auklett II for Craig this week
end. Tht new patrol boat is 57
feet in length with twin engines
and a single screw. The screw can
be driven with either one or both
of the two powerful Diesels. The
Auklet II was built in the Blanch
ard shipyards in Washington state.
Paul Foster, who has been en
gineer of the Bluewing, is goirg
to Kodiak as operator of the refuge
vessel Sheerwater. Foster will leave
Juneau on the Dennis Winn, FWS
cargo ship.
KAY KENNEDY RETURNS
Kay J. Kennedy, of the repor
torial staff of the Empire, has re
turned to Juneau following a
month’s vacation in the states. At
present she is registered at th£
Gastineau.
SPECIAL NOTICE
Dr. Steffens Subject: Sunday a.m.
‘ Thinking Makes It So”. Sunday
8 p.m. “Where It All Begins". Meth
odist Church. 494-tl
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FOR WINTER!
Take time out now for
a pre-Winter “build-up"
of your weary, weather
worn overcoat. We’ll re
store the colors, nap the
fabric and return the coat
looking newer than ever
...ready for a full, robust
season of faithful service.
for betier appearance
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HALLOWE'EN
DANCE
55Ifitl ■■■■■
Masquerade Party
at the
MOOSE LODGE
Saturday Night
Oct. 27 —10 o’clock
-o
Members and Their Guests Are Invited
Costume Prize
MUSIC by TOMMY LARMAN and
PHYLLIS LANGDON
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C. J. PETERSON
as a paid-up subscriber to THE DAILY ALASKA
EMPIRE is invited to be our guest THIS EVENING
Present this coupon to the box office of the
CAPITOL THEATRE
and receive TWO TICKETS to see:
"HRIMSTONE"
Federal Tax—12c Paid by the Theatre
Phone 14-YELLOW CAB CO.-Phone 22
ana an insured cab WILL CALL FOR YOU and
RETURN YOU fo your home with our compliments.
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