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The Alaskan., 1930-03-07
JOHN RUSTGARD'S REMARKABLE PLATFORM

 Juneau Empire should be enough to overwhelr the average voter. And certainly this couple o strange bedfeows make the average reader sit u and marvel when they try to digest Johns plat form as recently published in his Organ
 Since the rumor became general that Henr OMalley had decided to nomnate John for Dele gate it cannot be wondered that this political as pirant, who lusts for larger salary than the At torney Generals office affords, should throw over board his former constituency-the fishermen O Alaska But the real surprise is that John Shoult allow Pegues to pull such boner on himself as U make him say in one of his blanks:
 II believe in eliminating from the public
 life of the Territory all those individuals
 who make business of stirring up antag-
 onism against industrial institutions for
 the sake of getting a hand-out"
 For years past John Rustgard has been knock ing the industrial enterprises of Alaska while get ting his hand-out from the Territorial Treasury Now when he hopes to get much larger hand out" from the government, he completely reVers es himself. What did john, say in his discussion of legislation and legislators at Anchorage, or Sept 3O 1927. Listen to part of it:
 "In most lurld language It IS aSScTCcu
 that the industries of Alaska owe their
 origin and their continuance to the gen.
 erosty and intelligence of bureaus, and that we need more of them instead of
 fewer 'Berold' shout these orators, is
 not pulp and paper industry coming and
 as the result of the work of bureaus?
 What are the facts? If the lands of
 the coastal regions had not been with
 drawn from private appropriation and
 placed under the bureaus, She pulp and
 paper industry would have been estab-
 lished long ago and would probably now
 have been one of our leading indus
 tries. * * *
 "Since that time the Bureau has been
 lowering its demands and relaxing it's
 strictures until last Spring it offered
 terms which are better than patent to
 the land The timber is now given away
 at nominal price, etc.
 "That is better than deed, for as long
 the government holds the title the land
 is exempt from taxation and the govern ment bears the risk of destruction and the cOncOmitant obligation of prOtec-
 tion. am perfectly safe in asserting that
 it is the bureau system-rather, perhaps
 I say the government ownership system
 which has prevented the development of
 Alaska. * * *
 "The future for the development of
 Alaskas resources was never darker than
 now. It would appear that the present
 bureaucratic system has not only cOnserv
 ed our resources but has embalmed them
 for all times"
 Consistency is not jewel in the crown O. John Rustgard's dome. He is proving himself { mental acrobat worthy of high place among ward leaders or heeers. After expressing him self in such -forceful and apparently sincere Ian guage, as was heard at Anchorage on that Sep
The Alaskan., 1930-03-07

Consistency Is not a jewel ln the crown Ot John Rustgards dome. He is proving himself a mental acrobat worthy of high place among ward leaders or heelers. After expressing him. self in such forceful and apparently sincere lan- guage, was heard at Anchorage on that Sep tember night in 1927, how his present en- dorsement of the methods that he then severely criticised be taken other than mere froht In his platform recently issued, writer Pegues made him tumble all over himself in the following words:
 "I commend the Bureau of Forestry for
 its determnatiOn to have the timber with
 in its keeping manufactured into articles
 of commerce within the Territory instead
 of shipping to foreign countries to be
 there prepared by foreign labor"
 :. John Rustgard is certainly proving him. self chameleon of some large size. And the vot- CTS of Alaska are just beginning to realize the manner of man this self-important, kngly and suave chatterer really is. He is demonstrating just what he will really do for big piece of money like a Congressman's salary. But what can be ex- pected of him when he allows such Democrats as Troy and Pegues to f1atter and lead him aStray.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30
WISEHART MUM
ABOUT STAND
ON TEXT BOOKS
Refuses to Declare If He
Will Back Governors
NO Change Edict.

Roy P. WiSehart, retiring super
intendent Of public instruction, to-
day refused to declare whether or
not he will back Governor Harry G
Leslie in urging readoption of text
books for the schools at the text
book commission meeting, Jan. 5.
Both are Republicans and ex-
of1cio members of the commission.
Il have no comment to make,
Wisehart told The Times when
asked whether he would back Les
lies plan of mo text book changes, .
as announced by the Governor Mon
day.
Leslie had declared that he
would thwart any changes or "there
will be hell to pay"
But Wisehart remained unmoved
and noncommital.
He has been criticised severely
for advancing the customary adop-
ton date to bring it within his ex-
piring term of Office and before the
legislature meets.
Township trustees, through their
state organization president,
Thomas Mcconnell, Fowler, have
pledged support to the Governor in
his readoption program.
Approval of mo text changes"
for the next five years was voted by
the organization at a recent con-
vention here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30
STAFF TO Be NAMED
City Hospital Attaches to
Be Announced Jan. g.

Selection of the city hospital staff
for 1881 will be made by the city
health board Wednesday afternoon,
DR.. Herman G. Morgan, secretary,
announced today.
The board will name internes for
1881 and 1882 on Jan. 9, and appli-
cations are to be filed prior to that
date.
Resignation Of three inspectors
and appointment of two others were
announced Monday afternoon fol-
lowing a session Of the board. Those
who resigned were James Cunning
ham, j. E. White and Clarence Ga
mer. The board named William
Cook and Herbert Shea, the latter
transferred from the engineers Of
flee.
Following contracts for the out
patient building we're let: Mop truck,
Robson Cleveland Company; 1913
beds, Columbia Supply Company;
three gas ranges, Home Stove Com
pany; electric coasters, Vonnegut
Hardware and Sanborn Electric
Companies.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30
DRIVEN INTO OPEN
Cops Use Tear Gas to Dis
lodge Youth.
By Times Special

By Times Special
MUNCIE, Ind, Dec. 30.-Lee
Fletcher Howell, 33, son of a wealthy
Muncie florist, is in jail today after
tear gas bombs were used to dis
lodge him from the family home
Monday night when he threatened
to kill his mother with a butcher
knife.
Deputy Sheriff Morris Leech was
wounded slightly when Howell fired
a shotgun at him. One shot struck
Leech in the face.
According to officers, Howell was
intoxicated when he returned home
and threatened his mother with the
knife.
When the officers arrived they
we're warned by Howell's father not
to enter the house. Sheriff Puck
EFT broke through the door and
fired a tear gas bomb and Howell
fired the shotgun at the sheriff. The
gas fumes finally dislodged Howell
and he surrendered.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30
New County Officials viii
Assume Office With
Simple Rites.

Simplicity will mark the entrance
in office Jan. l of sixteen Marion
county Democratic officials.
Brief and unostentatious cere-
monies will be held at the court
house from 1880 to IL Thursday
with four incumbent Republican Of
fcials acting as a reception COM
mittee.
Oaths of office are to be admin
istered singly except in cases where
the pledge already has been taken.
On the reception committee will be
County Auditor Harry Dunn, Treas
urer Clyde e. Robinson, Commits
sioners George Snider and John E.
Shearer.
Glen B. RaIston, clerk-elect, was
sworn Monday by Circuit Judge
Harry o. Chanberlin, and he will
administer oathS to several other
officials including Sheriff Elect
Charles Sumner All offices will be
closed on New Years day.
Entering Office are the following:
Frank P. Baker, criminal court
judge; Herbert Wilson, prosecutor;
John w. Kern, superior court one
Judge; Joseph R. William, superior
court two; William A. Pickens, SUI
perior court three; Clarence E.
Weir, superior court four; Russell
j. Ryan, superior court five; Smiley
N. Chambers, probate court, and
John F. Geckler. juvenile court.
In administrative department the
following Democrats will take Office
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30
u. S. IGNORES
new PRESIDENT
Guatemala Is Informed of
American Policy.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. 80 The
American minister at Guatemala
City has informed General Orel-
lana, provisional president Of Guate-
mala, that the United States can
not recognize his regime because
it came into power through coup
d'etat.
Authentic reports received from
Guatemala said that constitutional
President Chacon resigned Monday
thus precipitating the issue of rec
ignition. Orellana came into power
by overthrowing Bodilio Palma
chosen provisional president by the
Chacon cabinet after a board OF
physicians had declared the consti-
tutional president was physically
unable to serve.
Action of the United States in re-
fusing to recognize Orellana was
based on a treaty among the five
Central American powers by which
they agreed not to recognize any
government coming into power
through revolution.
The United States did not sign
this treaty, but former Secretary of
State Hughes announced publicly
the United States would adhere to it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30
CLASH IMPENDS
over CONGRESS-
EXTRA SESSION
Watson Opposed to Plan;
Borah Says 1t Will
Help Business.

By scripps-Hot0ard Newspaper AUiaace
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3O-A sharp
division of opinion is developing
in the senate over the ACCESSIBILITY
of an extra session of congress to
enact social and economic legisla-
ton which is certain to be a. part
of the unfinished business when the
present session adjourns in two
months.
Senator James E. Watson, Indi-
ana, Republican leader. in a state
ment today, asserts the business
world" feels that an extra session
should be avoided except in cases
of extreme emergency.
Senator David A. Reed of Penn
sylvania recently declared that an
extra session would be IAN I'M
mixed calamity" in view of the
nations efforts to emerge from the
economic depression.
Senator William E. Borah, Idaho.
an aggressive advocate Of an extra
session, so certain essential legis-
lation can be enacted, asserts that
such session will prove helpful in
stead of harmful to business. and
that businessmen are appealing to
him to have passed prospective laws
in which they are interested.
Among the bills pending which
are calculated to help business are
the railroad consolidated measure.
the Couzens' bill to regulate inter-
state transmission of power, the
interstate bus control bill, the anti
junction bill, and proposed farm re-
lief to include the debenture plan.
Advocates of these bills feel that
if they are not passed before the
1882 presidential campaign opens
and senators believe it will be in
full progress by next December
that they will not be enacted until
1888 Or 1884. The impression pre-
walls that no controversial legisla-
ton will be considered on the eve
Of a presidential campaign.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30
Suns Heat Constantly Being
Reblenished Says Scientist

The theory would mean if true that the world
is not doomed to slow death through dissipation
OF the suns energy as many noted scholars have
held in the past.
DR.. Millikan stated that it is his belief that
while the sun and stars constantly are annihiaating
atoms and throwing them of in the form of radi-
ant energy new atoms are being continually formed
out OF hydrogen in interstellar space and shower
ing back upon the sun and stars
Dr. Millikan was succeeded as president of the
association by Dr. Thomas H Morgan, also of the
California institute Of technology, who was in
stalled Monday night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30

phrases it, Lucas is taking the
rap"
For Lucas. though an intense
partisan, is no zealot or vindictive
fighter. Politics has been great
game to him.
Indeed. his hobby is to collect po-
litical cartoons satirizing and at
lacking him.
Some of his best buddies are
Democrats. With them he dubs
along at golf, and from them he
wins at his favorite pastime-poker.
In 1912, when only "a, he sup
ported Roosevelt. Regardless of
revelations regarding his concealed
part in the campaign against Nor
ris, his conf1dantes can not under
stand it and do not believe be con-
ceived or executed the skirmish on
on his own.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30


CLEVELAND, Dec. 3O.-The paramount topic to-
~ day wherever scientists attending the annual
meeting of the American Association for the Ad-
vancenent of science gather was the theory on
heat energy advanced Monday night by DR.. Robert
A. Mlikan in his last address as president Of the
organization.
DR.. Mlllikan Nobel prize winner and discoTerer
of cosnic rays, whose work at California institute
of technology has made him woEld-famous, sug-
gested the heat dispensed by the is being con-
stantly repenished and showered back upon it from
the frgid depths Of interstellar space.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30
new PLAN TO
help JOBLESS
IS ADVANCED
Labor Legislation League
Would Build Reserve
Emergency Fund.

BIZ United Press
WASHINGTON, Dec. s0-Char-
acterizing their effort as an "at-
tempt to meet an American situa-
ton with an American plan" the
American Association for Labor
Legislation has made public Its
model bill providing for establish
ment OF unemployment reserve
funds by industries
This proposal is designed to tide
workers over temporary periods Of
involuntary unemployment and to
encourage employers to stabilize
employment.
AS an American plan" says John
B. Andrews. secretary of the as
ISOLATION, 1T is built out of two
successful American practices: First.
the accepted sound business policy
of setting up in prosperous years a
reserve fund out of which dividends
are paid when plants are idle: and,
second, workmen's accident compen-
sation laws. which not only provide
scientifically for victims OF in
dustrial accidents, but also furnish
a stimulus to accident prevention"
Most Important Problem
Andrews calls unemployment the
most important industrial and So
cial problem, and he declares I'VE
simply can not go on throwing hun
dreds of thousands of industrious
workers upon the streets to bear
unaided the crushing burdens of
involuntary unemployment"
The associations proposal, COM
piled after long conferences and
much study, provides that employ
ers contribute a small fixed per-
centage of their pay rolls to a fund
which will be administered to fur
nish to employees such benefits as
condition of the fund will permit.
Employees Can Contribute
Employees are not required to con-
tribute to the fund, but they bear
a considerable portion of the cost
Of unemployment, owing to the
limits placed upon benefits.
A maximum Of $40 a week is fixed
and no employe is to receive bene-
fits for more than thirteen weeks
in year, nor for more than one
week for co. four weeks in which
he has been employed by employers
subject to the act.
Opportunity is offered workers in
any industry voluntarily to elect to
pay contributions and thus receive
additional benefits.
England's first census was taken
in 1901, when the population was
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30

Tar.
But Hoover liked especially his
refusal to be sidetracked from The
federal Job he wanted to the one
the President tried to give him.
With the collectorship Of internal
revenue as his goal Lucas turned
down the Presidents order to make
him an assistant postmaster-gen-
eral.
No, sir, Mr.. President" replied
the youngster. Il didn't come up
here to bargain for a job. So I'll
take the next train to Louisville"
He actually started for the sta
ton, but there came to his hotel
a summons from the White House.
And on his return to the executive
offices, he found that his refreshing
INC, sir" had won him his job.
Why He 'NO-sirs''
That may be why Lucas has been
"no-sirring" ever since. After a few
months in the internal revenue post,
he was elevated to the dictatorship
of the national committee, in the
supreme effort of the G. o. P. to
counteract the devastating state
ments of the Democrats Shouse-
Nicholson publicity factory.
Lucas political record in Louis
Vile also attracted national politi-
clans to him.
Entering politics there as a young
lawyer before the war, he trans
formed a hotbed of Democrats into
Republican stronghold.
1t was risky business to be known
as a, Republican when he took hold,
but for more than ten years the
G. o. P. machine has controlled the
city.
Expanding his activities, Lucas
helped to swing the state to Hard
ing, Coolidge and Hoover. AS a
reward, Harding made him inter-
nal revenue collector at Louisville
in 1921.
Think Rise Was Too Fast
Though a lawyer, he has been
able to give little time to the law.
! In fact, his mistakes as a national
politician may be attributed to the
/ haste with which he was pushed
or pushed himself-up the ladder.
His legal practice consisted chiefly
of police court work, and success
there requires a quick, vigorous
and decisive style.
Lucas, in his activity here, often
acted as if he were prosecuting a
police court case-and such meth
DDS can hardly be used on George
w. Norris.
His friends regret his rapid adj
vancement. They feel that he tried
to swim beyond his depth in ma
tional politics, without first learn
ing that the methods he found sue
cessful in Louisville would not
work on a larger stage.
Viewpoint to Narrow
His several statements Indicated
that he had not quite developed a
national viewpoint. In one he
I O1OQS11U up Vic 4SCSO4OA4 VI AA(U Se-A0
against immigrants, in another he
slapped the vets in the face, in a
third he hailed the Nov. 4 results
as a 'vindication of Hoover" and
in his blasts against Norris he was
offended the entire progressive wing
of the party.
In Kentucky, a dry state populated
by native Americans to large ex-
tent, it is pointed out that these
ideas might win votes and popular
favor. But it is felt, even by his
friends, that they were ill-advised
for a national G. o. P. spokesman
to advance.
Moreover, it generally is accepted
that Lucas did not make war on
Norris on his own initiative, but
that, once his efforts were dis
covered, he had to assume full re-
sponsibility for the sake of higher
ups.
AS one Of his closest friends
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30
10 DEMOCRATS TO
TAKE POSTS JAN.

Ira P. Haymake4, recorder; Fred
w. Vehling. coroner; Bruce Short,
surveyor; Robert w. Sloan, county
assessor; Dow w. Vorhies, county
commissioners, Ralston and Sumner.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30
GASOLINE WAR is ON
Prices at Denver Sink to IA Cents
for a Gallon.

~ Cnlt6O RT6SS
DENVER, Dec. 30.-Gasoline sold
as low as IA cents q gallon in Den
yer today with prospects of even
lower prices.
The lowest price in years was
touched today when the big oil
companies met the 25-cent price
established last week by the Den
yer Union Oil Company.
The Denver Union company i'm
mediately made another slash to IA
cents.
About sixty miles away, at Chey-
ennne, Wyo., close to the oil fields,
the price was 81 cents q. gallon.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30

prominent society woman a candidate for the cab-
net Had they succeeded in this modest venture they
might have saved President Hoover and the c. o. P.
great deal Of embarrassment. Instead of putting
the first woman in the cabinet the Kentuckians
brought forth Robert H. Lucas and he produced po-
lotcal storm.
The 42-year-old Lucas, by his hidden war on Sen
ator Norris Nebraska inSurgent in the recent cam
paign and by his continued attacks on the progress
sives state champion, may affect Hoovers personal
fortunes and influence the destines of the two major
parties
His comparative youth gives some point to the
comment of waggish Republican senator that "a lit
tie child shall lead them"
But it was Hoover himself who took liking to
the 'youngster' from Louisville
The President is understood to have been capti-
waited by Lucas directness and franknesS and the
youthful spirit that shows in his breezy manner his
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30
H. S. TO HOLD PROGRAM
Emancipation Celebration Arranged
by Crispus Attacks.

by Crispus Attacks.
Rabbi Milton Steinberg and Rob-
ert Lee Brokenburr will be the
principal speakers at II Thursday
morning at an inter-racial eman-
cipation proclamation celebration at
the Crispus Attacks high school
auditorium. The program being
arranged by the Baptists Ministers
U n O n and INSTRUMENTATION
Ministers Alliance with the Rev. S.
G. Spottswood, chairman, will in
clude music by the Attacks high
school orchestra, William Weir
Stuart Jr., violinist, and the Mt
Paran Baptist church choir.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30
Yeteran Merchant Dies

CRAWFORDSVILLE. Ind, Dec.
S0.-Max NJ. Tannenbaum. 20, a
merchant of Charlottesville for
fifty years, is dead after a short
illness. He came to America from
Germany when he was Is and for
a whil lived IN BLOOMINGTON.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-12-30
GOODRICH IN HOSPITAL
millionaire Tire Manufacturer
Takes Rest; TO Leave Soon.
United Press

81 CHifcd Press
BROOKLINE. Mass, Dec. 80
Charles c. Goodrich. millionaire
automobile tire manufacturer, was
in a hospital today merely for rest
and observation" and probably Will
leave within a few days, hospital
authorities said.
In the last election Goodrich was
elected to the Maine legislature and
1t was to attend the opening ses-
on Of that body that he was en-
Ne home when stricken.