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The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-23
ANSWERING THE CRITICS.

Much of the criticism directed against Preside Roosevelt during the last Congress centered arouI the tax program primarily because taxes always a and virtually any unfavorable interpr .ation meets ready response. In his recent rep to Publisher Roy Howard in response to que on the criticisms of the New Deal, the Chief Exec tive gave the following fair and clear picture .he tax controversy:
 The tax program of which you speak is based upon a broad and just social and economic purpose. Such purpose 1t goes without saving is not to destroy wealth, but to create broader range of opportunity, to restrain the growth of unwholesome ac- cumulatons and to lay the burdens of goy- ernment where they can best be carried
 This law affects only those individual people who have incomes over s50000 year and individual estates of decedentS who leave over S400O0.
 Moreover, it gives recognition to the gen. eraly accepted fact that larger corporations enjoying the advantages of size over smaller corporations possess relatively greater capac- ity to pay. Consequently the act changes the rate of tax on net earnings from flat 13A% to a differential ranging from 121a% to 15%.
 No reasonable person thinks that this is going to destroy competent corporations or impair business a whole. Taxes 95% of our corporations are actually reduced by the new tax law.
 Congress declined to broaden the tax base because it recognized that the tax base had already been broadened to very con- siderable extent during the past five years.
 I aware of the sound arguments ad- vanced in favor of making every citizen pay an income tax however small his income England is cited as an example But it should be recalled that, despite complaints about higher taxes our interest payments on all public debts, including local govern ments, require only 3qo of our national in- come as compared with 79o in England.
 The broadening of tax base in the past few years has been very real What is known consumers taxes, namely the invisible taxes paid by people in every walk of life, fall relatively much more heavily upon the poor man than on the rich man.
 In 1929 consumers taxes represented only 30% of the national revenue Today they are 6O%, and even with the passage of the recent Tax Bill the proportion of these con- sumers' taxes will drop only 596.
 This Administration came into power pledged to a very considerable legislative program.
 It seemed to Congress and to me better to achieve these objectives as expeditiously as possible in order that not only business but the public generally might know those notifications in the conditions and rules of economic enterprise which were involved in our program.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-23
METZGAR DINNER GUESTS SHOWN
 HUBBARD FILMS

.f The Rev. Bernard R. Hubbard, S. J., Glacier Priest, who has been visiting in Juneau this summer, was the dinner guest last evening of MT. and Mrs L. H. Metzgar in their Seventh and Gold Streets residence.
 After the dinner MT. and Mrs. Metzgar and other dinner guests were entertained by the showing of several reels of Father Hubbard,s Alaskan films and an explanatory talk
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-23
ELLIS MAKES TRIP;
 HAS } PASSENGERS

The PAA Lockheed Vega piloted by Bob Ellis with flight mechanic Eric Schutte, arrived here yester- day afternoon. Passengers aboard the plane were: Edward White head from Seattle; Bernard Lind erberger from Ketchikan to Craig, and Oscar Olson from Ketchikan to Klawock.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-23
EMPIRE REPORTER ON
 WAY SOUTH TO WED

Walt Woodward, Empire reporter, left Juneau on the steamer North Sea for Seattle. His marriage to Miss Mildred Logg, former Juneau High School teacher, is planned for Friday. The couple will return to Juneau on the steamer North Sea leaving Seattle Monday, Sep tember 30.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-23

Cooperation of every house and building owner should be given the City Council in carrying out the building number ordinance Numbers are be made available at cost, few cents Full supp port is due the Council which has shown the way for making Juneau intelligent place to get around in.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-23
WHAT CONGRESS DID, 1885.

The longest session of Congress since 1922 has come to close and a wide range of important legislation was enacted into law In an effort to give a more thorough in- sight into the various measures adopted, The Empire is presenting series of summaries of the major bills passed into law.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-23
ATTENTION MASoNs

Stated communication of Mt. Ju- neau Lodge this evening at 7:3O pm. Work in the VIM. Degree.
 J. w. LEVERS, -adv. Secretary.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-23
HAPPY-
 BIRrHDAY

The Empire ertends congratula- tions and best luishes today, their birthday anniOersary, to the folloao- ing:
 SEPTEMBER g
 Homer German
 Art Carlson
 Mrs. J. s. Triutt
 H. E. Simmons
 Helene w. Orloff
 Estyr Jackson
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-23
WAkEHAM IS BACK AT
 ALASKA MEAT COMPANY

William Wakeham is back again on the staff of the Alaska Meat Company and will be primarily employed in the sausage depart ment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-23

With Italy and Mussoni being synonymous, can any bright boy in the class remember whether Italy has King, and if so, who? Of course without looking the front page of Saturdays Empire
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-23
20 YEARS AGO
 From The Empire
SEPTEMBER 2s, 1915

Borrowing commissioners of Eng land and France met for 14-hour session with number of Ameri- can financiers, including J. Pierpont Morgan, in the Biltmore Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-23

A new Coast Guard cutter carrying seaplane is possibility for Alaskan waters in the next year or SO. It would fit in nicely with the military and commercial air development program in the Ter ritory,
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-23
WARRACK FROM sITKA

J. B. Warrack of the Warrack Construction mpany, arrived yesterday from Sitka on the North Sea.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-23

Hugh Johnson seems to have tagged the Liberty League when he says it is just excuse for Democrats to vote Republican"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-23

Some words derived from Latin, some de- rived from Greek and others from hitting the thumb with hammer.-(Salna Journal)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-23
NOTICE

All accounts due the Economy Furniture Co.,, are payable to P. O. Box 984, Juneau. adv.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-23

Yelled threats that General Pan cho Villa will stop at nothing if the United States fails to recog- nize him were in circulation in Washington.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-23

The League of Nations appears in the Italo- Ethiopian drama in the role of the innocent by stander,--( Detroit Free Press)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-23

President Wilson accepted the in- vitation of the Grand Army of the Republic to lay the cornerstone of the new amphitheatre in Arlington National Cemetery across the Po- tomac River.
 Mrs. w. E. Policy, who had been in the Presbyterian Hospital at Haines for several weeks and had been reported in a critical condi- ton, was reported recovering.
 President. Willis E. Novel;, of the Juneau Steamship Company, re- turned from business trip to Sit- ka.
 Harley J. Turner of the Behrends company, returned from short va cation to Seattle.
 Among those drawn to serve on the grand and petit juries were: R. G. Day, Wallis George, H. T. Tripp, J. V. Davis, George Burford, J. H. Gilpatrick, John T. Spickett, B. R. Lievers.
 Dr. Robert Simpson and Dr. White, of White and Jenne, re- turned from hunting trip on Ad- niralty Island. They brought in three large deer.
 N G. Nelson, Front Street mer- chant, leased from H. Shattuck the space formerly occupied by the c. K. Gilbert plumbing shop on Shattuck Row.
 Two new Ford autos, to be used by the Goldstein delivery service, arrived on the Humboldt form Sc- attle. With them was a Ford for J. M. Giovanetti, also to be used for delivery purposes.
 Weather: Maximum, 62; mini mum, 26; clear.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-23
RIDDEN TO PETERSBURG

Henry Roden sailed for Peters burg on the North Sea.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-09-23
Tue E. M. Behrends
 Bunk
Juneau, Alaska

enjoys the distinction of being one of the best known institu- tions in the Territory and in terms of facilities, resources, contacts and scope of service is qualified to efficiently care for the financial needs of its customers.
Evening star., 1935-02-17
REALITY OF THE UNSEEN
BY THE RIGHT REV. JAMES FREEMAN D. d. IL D., D. C. L.,
Bishop of arlington

need of trust in the unseen grows
out Of conditions where faith becomes
indispensable to our peace and sense
of security. Men may have dimculty
in understanding creeds and systems,
but there Is something within them
that calls for and demands the salts
hopes of life. Our situation Is some
what Like that Of the boy who was
flying his kite on q densely foggy
day in q London street. The fog was
one Of those impenetrable yellow
miStS peculiar to London. Presently,
q man passing along the street saw
the boy holding the string Of the kite
and prompted by curiosity asked him:
What are you doing, my Lad, holding
that string?" Promptly the little fell
low answered: Don't you see, I'm
flying my kite" Flying your kite?"
queried the man as he looked up
through the fog, II can't see any kite;
how do you know the kites up there
lost In the mist?" To which the boy
replied: You can't see 1t, but I know
it's flying. because can feel it pulling
on the string" The evidence to the
boy of the kites existence was that 1t
was pulling on the string"
1t may be difficult for any one of us
to give an adequate explanation Of
what our faith means to us, but we
can with confidence affirm that there
Is something within us that responds
and responds definitely to the appeal
Of the unseen. Job of old asked:
"Canst thou by searching find out
God? Canst thou find out the Al
mighty unto perfection?" A later
prophet declared: mo man hath
seen God at any time; the only be-
gotten Son, which Is In the bosom of
the Father, he hath declared him"
Another great seer aff1rmed that the
things that are seen are temporal, but
the things that are not seen are
eternal"
The reality Of the unseen we may
not be able TO prove and language may
fail to adequately define 1t, but, like
the kite pulling on the string, we have
the realisation that faith is the sub
stance Of things hoped for, the eyi-
dence Of things not seen"
Evening star., 1935-02-17

differ in spirit from the suggestion re-
Gently put forward ut the Washington
Town Hall by the Earl of Lytton,
chairman of the League Of Nations
commission which called for the with
drawal G. Japan from Manchoukuo.
The Japanese have been at great pains,
Lord Lytton explains, 10 acquaint the
world with their point Of view. He is
convinced that II Japan were asked
to realize "one thing" about which
other nations care as passionately as
Japan cares about her national in
terests-which they prize as highly as
she prizes the memory Of her soldiers
who fell in Manchuria during the
war with Russia-she could not fail to
give weight to their representations.
Lord Lytton contends this has never
been done by any authoritative body.
That "one thing" he says, is the con-
ception Of a worldwide organization
to prevent the recurrence Of such q
disaster as the World War and the
accomplishment Of q practical pro-
cedure Of collective action for the
maintenance Of peace.
If the American students whom Sen
ator Thomas would exchange with
Japan could 60 there with any reason
able prospect Of converting her to the
idea Of the collective system" so
warmly espoused by Lord Lytton, 1t
would be worth not only the price Of
q single battleship, but Of an entire
squadron, to dispatch them on such q
mission. The British statesman admits
that the Japanese have challenged"
that system. Regrettably. there Is
little in current conditions and ambi-
tions at Toxic to justify the hope that
Nippon Is ready to renounce her faith
in her army and navy in favor Of
"collectivism" in the Far East.
Evening star., 1935-02-17
or new services added at higher rates

or new services added at higher rates
of fare increase the difficulties Of
putting all fares on the same basis.
But possibly the strongest point in
Mr.. Roberts contention is the fact
that the arrangements for the new
service were made without public
hearing. For there may be conditions
under which the residents Of a neigh
borhood are perfectly willing to pay
for an additional service that could
not be furnished by the operating
company without additional COST
Under such conditions-in this par
ticular case the bus service would
save from twenty-three to twenty-six
minutes in the trip downtown-it
would be illogical to deny the serv-
ice because the fare Is higher to
those who want 1t. A public hearing
would at least obtain through testi-
mony the wishes of the citizens in
volved, as well as the cost to the COM
pany of furnishing the additional
service. 1t would doubtless be advis-
able to hold such hearings.
Evening star., 1935-02-17

two broad general divisions at How
ard University-the colleges and the
professional schools. The colleges
show an enrolment Of 200, while the
professional schools, including the
ology, show but 333. Indeed, were 1t
not for Howards famous Medical
School the enrolment in the profess
sional branches would be low The
College Of Medicine shows 203, the
College OF Dentistry 80 anc the Col
lege OF Pharmacy %. Even tne Low
school shows enrolment Of only 81.
But the Theological College. which
once would have been the mecca Of
half the matriculants, now shows en-
rollment Of only 81 and the Graduate
School Of Theology only IL.
Howard University exerts q wide
influence. In 1884 candidates for
degrees to the number OF ,423 came
from SO States. Less than one-third
Of the students come from the Dis
trict Of Columbia, where the univer-
Sity is located. But the universitys
fame and influence are more than
national. One hundred and ten can
didates for degrees in 1884 came
from IA foreign countries.
Employment of Graduates.
Recently the registrar has made an
effort to inform himself as to the dis
tribution Of graduates Thus far his
list contains 6.191 names. 1t would
appear that university education has
aided these Negroes in obtaining en-
ployment, for out Of the total, 6,059
have been discovered in jobS-a very
high percentage when contraSted with
total Negro population and, indeed,
when contraSted with total popula-
tion of all races. These graduates are
at work in AZ States and in the Dis
trict of Columbia. while 1872 are scat
tered in jobs in "a foreign countries.
The teaching staff of Howard Uni
versity consists of 237 members, of
whom 135 are on full time, the re-
mainder being special lecturers. The
university has grant from the Rock
efeller Foundation for the training Of
teachers in medicine and another
from the General Education Board
for the training Of teachers in the
natural sciences The latter grant
AAeAo bCNA4 dSNO AOA VIC CAbNAAoAOl Va
work in chemistry, zoology, mathe-
maticS and physics. other grants
from the Julius Rosenwald fund have
been employed in extending Sabbat-
ical year privileges TO teachers deSir-
ing to broaden their equipment.
The university also maintains a
School OF Military Science and Tao
tics, with an active cadet corps. The
War Department last year gave 1t a
rating Of excellent, and 20 students
were awarded commissions as second
lieutenants in the Reserve Officers
Training Corps of the United States
Army.
The College Of Medicine works in
close cooperation with Freedmens
Hospital. the large Negro hospital at
Washington maintained by the Fed
eral Government. Graduates from
Howard College of Medicine may OBJ
tain appointments as internes at
Freedmen's.
Evening star., 1935-02-17
Capital Sidelights
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

by WILL +. hENNEDH.
The human note" that touches the
heartstrings comes under the master
hand of Representative John ]. Boy
Ian Of New York, who is always on
the lookout for q chance to help the
underdog or to bring to public notice
some deserving person who otherwise
would be "unwept, unhonored and un-
sung" For example he put into the
permanent record of Congress the
other day tribute to veteran House
employe-Albert Scott.
Everything moves SO smoothly
around the Capitol and in the House
once Building that we take for
granted the splendid service that is
given to us-all part of a general
comprehensive scheme. Every little
cog in the legislative machinery is
arranged to help US. We are so ac-
customed to this splendid service that
we seldom stop to think of 1t because
Of its smooth running. So I want
to ask the House to take q minute
to pay reverence to the memory Of
one of our excellent employees who has
Albert Scott was loyal and faith
full employe Of this House for more
than 80 years. He was assigned to
the Democratic cloak room, where his
genial and kindly presence cheered
US. and his service endeared him to
every member. Albert was q quaint
character. In early life he had much
to do with the care and handling OF
horses. During the Cleveland admin
istration Col. Livingstone, Col. Stone
and Col. Isaiah Hill presented the
President with q team Of handsome
Kentucky horses. 1t was Albert
SCOTS proud duty to drive these
horses from the Capitol to the White
House.
Albert was q native Of Georgia
and was originally appointed by Col.
Livingstone when he was sergeant at
arms Of the House. At the time Of
Albert's death the Congress was in
recess; nevertheless q large delega-
tion Of employees and some members
who had remained in Washington at
tended his funeral at Halls Hill. Va.
We all miss his cheerful and genial
presence. In his humble way he gave
his service for our comfort and to the
efnciency Of the legislative machinery.
We wish peace to his soul and rest
to his ashes"
Evening star., 1935-02-17
The First Quarrel.

AL tIlclI SOIlAclCIlCcS WIFI tiAC liC"c-
paper correspondents most Of the
Presidents have followed q rule not
to answer questions regarding pend
ing legislation on especially contro-
versial subjects. But all Of them
have on occasion made exceptions to
the rule. AS far as the Executive
is concerned, the reasons for the rule
are sound enough. A presidential
Yes to question regarding the
desirability of bills general OBJ
jectives may clothe that bill with the
added prestige of being an admins
tration measure" A casual No" on
the other hand, to a question regard
ing the Presidents familiarity with
another measure may blast it imme-
diately as anti-administrstion-de-
pending upon the correspondents In
depreciation OF what constitutes sig
nificance.
President Roosevelt has sometimes
followed the rule Of not answering
questions on pending legislation, IS
when, for instance, he recalled the
lawyers question, Have you stopped
beating your wife," But he has also
discussed pending legislation, for there
has been a lot Of legislation sent to
Congress bearing the presidential
benediction in special messages. In
Fridays conference he answered a
question regarding pending holding
company legislation by calling atten-
ton to the rule against such dis
cussions
Theodore Wallen, able correspondent
of the New York Herald-Tribune, in
terpreted the Presidents manner Of
refusal as denoting irritated dis
pleasure. The conference, he said,
ended in silence, which was in marked
contrast to the gay banter Of former
adjournments. Such silence. one
might infer from Mr.. Wallen's &C
count, was broken only by the re-
strained sobs Of the correspondents
over this their first quarrel. For no
where in Washington has there existed
such atmosphere Of cheer, good will
and brotherly love as at these con-
ferences between the President and
the reporters whom the President
calls by their first names.
Waning honeymoons Of the past
have been reflected in former Presi-
dents conferences with the news
paper correspondents, and Mr.. Wal
len has not been slow to point out
that the President has been hav-
ing "difhculty with an unmanageable
Senate" and to suggest his growing
impatience at the almost total absence
Of legislation after a month and q
half Of the strongest Democratic Con-
greSs in history" But it will require
further demonstration to show that
the cordiality and good feeling be-
tween the President and the corre-
spondents who attend his, conferences
have even begun to approach the
breaking point. For II the conferences
are a Joy to most Of the corre-
spondents, they have been q real
asset to the President. The cross
examiners Of the press have met in
the President one who not only knows
their game, but who seems to enjoy
it thoroughly, and who always comes
out on top. If the President is really
getting peevish about things in gen.
eral the boys" at the conferences
will probably be the last to know 1t.
Evening star., 1935-02-17
Talking intimately with one who


controls q large industry concerning
the vital forces that have Influenced
and dominated his life, he said to
me: LAS I look at life today, be-
lieve that the greatest influences that
affect both my judgment and my
habit are unseen and possibly unde-
finable. I have the profound con-
viction that spiritual forces are more
potential than the material agencies
that we see and handle. Probably no
passage in the New Testament so ex-
presses what have in mind as the
words of st. Paul, where he says:
Faith Is the substance of things
hoped for, the evidence Of things not
seem"
The observation of this captain Of
industry was the more remarkable
because Of his large material inter-
ests. He was evidently appraising his
life and measuring both its efficiency
and satisfactions by standards other
than those that he applied to his vast
enterprise. In his estimate of him.
self and Of the values Of life, he
thought Of his development in terms
of spiritual values. We were reminded
of the words Of the great Master,
where He said: "As thou hast be-
lieved, so be 1t done unto thee" That
our religious faith has definite and
practical bearing upon all our hfe's
interests is demonstrably true. The
wise man Of old said: "AS q man
thinketh in his heart, so Is he"
We md 1t difflcult at times to de-
fine what we hold of faith. We ex-
press our beliefs in terms that are
quite inadequate, but nothwithstand-
ing this fact, to use the language Of
st. Paul, our faith Is the substance
of things hoped for, the evidence Of
things not SEEN" Possibly the pres
sure OF material forces and the exac-
tions Of our occupational life have
a tendency to make us less reflective
concerning the unseen realities. 1t
often takes a crisis Of some kind, q
staggering misfortune or a crushing
sorrow to make us conscious of the
place that faith occupies in the
scheme of life. 1t has been our OBJ
servation that the realization Of the
Evening star., 1935-02-17
Appeals to Japan.

Senator Thomas of Utah, who
passed five years as Mormon mis-
sionary in Japan, makes the interest
ing suggestion that the United States
and Japan should each spend q lit
tie more than the cost Of a battle
ship" to finance an exchange Of stu
dents. He estimates that such a plan
would enable at least ten Thousand
young Japanese to study in this coun-
try four years, and argues that ma
tions which understand each other
and have no fear of each other will
never fight" Senator Thomas Is
afraid that unless some such step is
taken to end distrust the two coun-
tries will drift into q conflict that
would be "the bloodiest ever known
to the world"
Japanese have attended American
universities In considerable numbers
during the past fifty or sixty years.
Many Of them attained high rank in
their country as statesmen and lead
ers In other walks Of life. It cannot
be said that Nippon, during the period
Of her great modern development and
her rise to the stature Of . world
power, has been lacking in men who
possessed an American educational
background. Unfortunately, able as
many Of these American-tratned jap
anese were. they did not contrive to
prevail against the generation Of mil
itarists and imperialists who have
held sway at Toxic during the past
quarter Of century and have led the
island empire into policies which
have aroused worldwide fears and
suspicious Of Japan's purposes.
Senator Thom.A plan does not