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The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-27
What, No Champagne?

MELBOURNE, Oct. 27-Romantic moonlight adventure will not enter the lives of Australian woman cricketers as they travel to Eng land early. next summer.
 One of the many stringent rules governing their activities decrees that no girl shall visit the top deck of the liner after dinner.
 Other regulations forbid gam bling, smoking and writing articles.
 No member of the party may be accompanied by husband, relative or friend. Bed time is 10 o'clock.
 A list of the equipment which each girl will be required to take on the tour, 39 articles in all, in- cludes skipping ropes and hot wat CT bottles.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-27
Euen as Child Wallis DrelU
 Whispers
Bg SIGRTD ARNE

BALTIMORE, Md, Oct. 27.-Gos- sip has always trailed the glamorous Mrs. Ernest Simpson for whose company the young King of Eng land is showing such marked pref erence. Even in her school days, Wallis Warfield Spencer Simpson was the subject of polite whispers.
 Slim dark-eyed with pig-tail tightly tied with black bow, she was never beautiful child but she was the envy of her schoolmates. She was such vivid, vivacious person. says Mrs. John Sadler, who studied at private school with her. "She had taste in dress that always set her apart from the rest of us. Why, she was the only de- butante in our year with serious beau She always drew up to our deb parties in the long, chauffeur driven car he sent around for her. She had poise that made the rest of us look like clumsy children Now people are gossiping as usual about her. But I say-more power to her"
 She came out" at the Monday Germans "a series of dances at which daughters of the best Balti- more families make their entrance into society.
 Her given name was Bessie" a name that runs through the Mon tague family. But she dropped it in school days and demanded to be called Wallis her middle name.
 Liked the Boys
 Mrs Sadler remembers one night that might have meant there would be no Mrs. Ernest Simpson to at tend the King of England's parties. She and several other little girls stole away from school to go buggy riding. Suddenly guard on a near by estate shouted at them, Get out of here You're trespassing"
 Seems queer now says Mrs Sadler. But Wallis grew panicky She ran screaming to a creek that she was going to drown hSrseif But we caught her, and have leased her about it ever since"
 Mrs. Sadler also remembers that Wallis Warfield was a girl whc cared little for books but enjoyed designing her own dresses. She pre- ferred the company of boys, and was a conversational match for men much older. a
 r Wed First Hus5and in 1916
 When she was married to It. E. Winfield Spencer in 1916, Mrs. Sad Ter said, Wallis designed her we'd ding gown of white velvet, and the ceremony is still recalled as one of the loveliest ever held in the city. The couple left the church under an arch of swords held by friends of the bridegroom.
 Apropos of the wedding dress, Dr. Freddie Taylor, a member of Balti- more's inner circle. recalls story.
 Tt had train mile long," he commented to Wallis afterward. What have you done with it?"
 "The train is an evening wrap now" laughed Wallis. T cut it off and I still have the dress. Very good, don't you think2"
 That first marriage failed. Dr. Taylor believes, because of incom-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-27
Kaiser Redeems Coin
 Palmed on Bus Driver

AMSTERDAM, Holland, Oct. 27. -Ex-Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany, now exiled in Doorn, Holland, has redeemed part of his old imperial curreney-a five-mark piece, now yalueless.
 A Dutch bus driver had the coin "palmed" off on him, but instead of philosophically accept ing his loss, he sent the coin to Docrn with a letter addressed to the former emperor. t
 By return post came @ personal letter from the one-time war lord thanking him for his message and enclosing a Dutch ryksdaalder, 9 negotiable Dutch coin equivalent in value to the old German five-mark piece.
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for not more than fifty cents a ton.
 Quarters now on the properties can accommodate fifty men and about forty will be employed there during the coming development work. MT. Calvin vii return to the States about the first of the year to arrange for the purchase and de- livery of the mill unit.
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 imaginable she told Taylor.
 Do you address him as 'Sir'?" asked Taylor.
 "Oh, always-in public laughed Wallis.
 Since then many of her relatives and schoolday friends have spent vacations in London, coming back with more stories to add to the Wal lis Warfield legend.
 One cousin remembers her laughing, uproariously to herself in the rain one morning in her luxur- lous London apartment What in the world is the matter?" called the cousin through the closed door.
 Nothing, nothing" shouted Wal lis from her tub. Just laughing at the exigencies of my old exis- tence in Baltimore-and now look at me-"
 Wallis Is "Just the Same"
 Another was at Biarritz two
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-27
GAL WIN HERE
 ENR0UTE TO
 NOME CLAIMS
Alaska Homestake Mine to Commence Operations
 During Winter

Arriving in Juneau on the Alaska, J, G. Calvin and E. M. Mickaelson, president and vice-president of the Alaska Homestake Gold Mining Co, stopped over in Juneau for few hours before leaving Monday morn- ing on the Pacific Alaska Airways Electra for their company's hold ings at Bluff, Alaska, on Norton Sound near Nome.
 a J. M. Mcdonald, consulting en- gineer for the company joined them here and went on to Nome in the plane MT. Mcdonald had been in Juneau for the past week, and will take charge of the Kensington Mine development work, on his re- turn here from Nome in about 8 month.
 Company Prospects
 In an interview, MT. Calvin told of the prospects of his companys properties and the work to be done there starting this winter.
 The Alaska Homestake has a working capital of $200,0O0 and con- trols 27 claims in the Bluff Region of the Cape Nome mining district Twelve claims are owned outrighg and 15 more are under option. The claims are located on Daniels Creek, and from prospect shafts that have been sunk at frequent intervals throughout the claims it is conser- yatively estimated that in an area GOO feet by 600 feet by 100 feet deep fthe depth to which shafts have been sunk there is a body of three million tons of ore that will aver age at least $500 to the ton.
 The mining man said the remain der of the properties have not been thoroughly explored as yet, but would appear to run but slightly lower in grade, according to sam ples and surveys made by MT. Me- Donald when he was there before Samples taken from the main shaft averaged $1110 It is not known how much deeper than 100 feet the ore bodies extend.
 Company Fir ,nced
 Since leaving the mine properties Q year ago, MT Calvin has been in the East, financing the company, which is now, he said, completely capitalized, with no stock remain ing for sale. He also purchased equipment for development work this winte which equipment, amounting to about 100 tons, was landed at the property on the last voyage of the steamer Victoria to the district. It is planned to run three crosS-cutS through the main ore body, as soon as possible. Next summer, the company will install a 500 ton mill on the property, Gal win advised. He pointed out that the ore is highly oxidized and can be mined by the open-cut method by power shovels, with very little use of powder. It is planned to transport the ore to the mill by truck. and it is thought that it can be mined and delivered to the mill
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-27
Engineers May Walk Out, Stop
 Dam Work

WASHINGTON. Oct 27 = A strike on the Grand Coulee Dam is forecast by John P. Coyne, Chair- man of the Board of Trustees of the International Union of Engin- eers unless the builders meet the union demands for recognition and pay increase.
 Such walkout would virtually shut down the sixty million dollar project, although engineers arc .ew in comparison to the otEel workers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-10-27
BUYING ROLLING STOCK

Railroad buying ilas been the feature of steel markets in recent weeks. September orders of freight cars rose to 1,750, bringing the nine months total to 37,433, the best for any full year back to 1930 The year as whole stands a good chance to better every year back to 1929. AL ready 158 locomotives have been ordered, and in the past week sev- eral important inquiries appeared.
The Washington times., 1936-08-20
$4,000 Stand i'm Rain
To Hear Col. Knox

by the Government, and added
that this fairness should be
brought about by regulation and
not by attempted control and direc-
ton.
Basic Partnership
Colonel Knox declared further:
There has been a growing
tendency toward group rivalry,
group hatred and group legis-
lation. There has even been a
tendency on the part of Govern.
ment to take sides and to pass
legislation favOring one group
at the expense of the others.
Not so long ago a high Govern
ment official urged a political
alliance between workers a nd
farmers to take over the Gov
eminent of this nation.
This is not the American
way. In Europe this tendency
has developed into class strife,
revolutions and relationships"
Colonel Knox recalled President
RooSevelt'S reference to economic
royalists" in the latter's accept
ance speech at Philadelphia.
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Government In these many
fields is a matter Of absorbing
interest to the nation, but it
must be left to a later discus
sion. There we are concerned
with the relation of Government
to business. And I tell you that
in this relation the primary
function of government is regu-
lation.
This regulation should not be
aimed at the control and direc-
ton of private enterprise. Its
objective should be to make en-
terpriSe fair. 1t should attempt
to guarantee fair play. Where
one partner in our economic or
der is at a hopeless diSadVan-
tage, it is proper for the Gov
eminent to step in and equallze
the conditions of competition.
Regulation Necessary
Depositors in banks are not
always able to know the condi-
ton Of their banks. 1t is proper
for the Government to regulate
in their protection. Natural
monopoly has very special ad-
vantageS. It is proper to regu.
late such monopolieS. Artifically
created monopoly which EFFORTS
unreasonable profits is uneco-
nomic and unsound. It is proper
to break them up.
The buyer Of securities can
not always tell what Is back Of
the securities. 1t Is proper to
regulate in his interest. With
the great tides Of economic and
social change in our time, there
will be new forms of Federal
regulation. But whatever form
it takes, it must be within the
framework of the Constitution.
Even where regulation is clear
~ desirable it is a very vital
question whether it is a matter
for Federal regulation or for
local regulation by the States.
1t is a splendid idea to look at
the Constitution before you un-
dertake to regulate business by
Federal law. It will save a lot
Of embarrassment later.
The Constitution is surpriS-
ingly clear on this matter, and
any administration that does
not look at the Constitution
occasionally is going to be sur
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Continued from Page II
supporting themselves and the
other half as WELL"

VOACA AhAA @S WCAs
Tribute to Richie
After a tribute to Gov. Harry
Nice. Republican who introduced
him, Knox said:
Permit me to pause a mo-
ment to pay my personal trib-
ute to another great American.
While he was my political Oppo-
nent, nevertheless on all funda-
mental issues now before this
nation, including constitution
alism, State rights, economy and
efficiency in Government, in
dividual liberty and in OppOsi-
ton to religious, racial and
class hatred of every kind. 1 am
confident he would today,
had he lived, been speaking the
same ideas in the same Ian.
guage. 1 refer to Albert G.
Richie, whose passing has been
loss to the whole nation"
Applause greeted the RepubIi.
can vice presidential nominee
when he declared fair competition
in business should be guaranteed
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priSed. In fact, our present Ad-
ministration has been surprised
eight times in two years.
Not far from here, in a neigh
boring State, there was in 1888
a small manufacturer, strug-
Cling desperately against de-
preston, against competition,
paying his workers what he
could. The Federal Government
put him in Jail because he could
not meet wage and hour SEIZED
uleS set up by a group of men
sitting around a table in Wash
mgton. This is what happens
when the Federal Government
undertakes to regulate local bust
ness. The Constitution was the
one thing between this man and
a Jail sentence.
Nobody knows just what the
Robinson-Patman bill means to
the retailer and to the con-
sumner. It may be we'll meant.
1t may be intended to make
competition fairer. But it gives
the Federal Government enor-
nous power over every retail
business in America. 1t may turn
out to be oppressive or confis-
catory. In such case, the Con-
Stitution is our refuge.
The American people do not
concern themselves often over
technical matters of the Con-
stitution. But they have a sturdy
common sense that sees very
clearly when Government is
miSusing its powers. For a time,
the American people were hypo-
tiZed by the idea that the Gov.
eminent could do everything.
from solving the problem Of
poverty to growing trees in a
desert. But they did not stay
hypnotized.
Strange Farming
They have begun to wonder if
blowing up cotton is a proper
activity of the Federal Govern.
ment. They have decided that
a Government that makes even
little pigs flee for their lives is
a peculiar kind of Government.
They have decided that farming
by affidavit is a funny sort Of
farming. They have decided
that growing potatoes in your
back yard is not a matter Of Fed.
eraI Jurisdiction. You might,
under certain circumstances, let
your wife advise you about grow
ing potatoes. but you draw the
line at a Oman from Washing
ton.
They have decided that the
National Government does not
have to build a dog-pound in
Memphis, Tenn, with marble
shower baths. 1t is not that
they object to a dog having a
bath. The people believe in
washing dogs. But they would
like to see their National Gov.
eminent devote less time to dog
pounds and more time to bal.
ancing the national budget.
I see in the papers where the
Government has approved a
$4,000 project in White Plains,
N. Y, to remove "efflorescenSe"
from some bridges. They seem
to like big words at Washing
ton, all the way down. But it
would be better if they spent
less time removing "efflores-
cence" and more time studying
the currency situation.
'NeW Deal CrackPots'
Whatever the activities of
our Federal Government, there
are three simple standards
which should govern it's con-
duct Of national affairs. The
people want these standards
observed. They are entitled to
have them.
The first of these standards
is simplicity. We cannot go
back to those simple times
when Thomas jefferson ate his
breakfast, got on his horse.
and rode to the White House
to be inaugurated. But we
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forced on more than two mil
lion employers in the frenzy Of
1888? This was the agreement
that was to put six million men
back at work in six months. If
the terms of that one-Sided
agreement had been enforced,
it would almost certainly have
closed up half the small shops,
the small businesses, and the
small industries in the country.
Only the big fellows could have
lived under it.
Wonderful Advance
When our present machine
system started in this country
about a hundred years ago, men
worked 70 hours a week. Won.
en- and little children worked the
same hours, or longer. But now
men work 48 hours or 40 hours
or less. The wages they now
receive buy just four times as
much as they bought at the be-
ginning.
The American working man
works just two-thirds as long for
just four times the wage he got
in the beginning Of this system.
This is the most wonderful ad-
vance in human betterment in
the history of the world. 1t was
made entirely without a New
Deal.
1t is high time that we should
abandon this foolish notion that
Government can direct industry
and control production and
guarantee profits and insure
wages. Let me outline, very
briefly and very simply, my idea
of the relation of the National
Government to our business af-
fairs.
Relation of Government
1t is not possible tonight to
discuss the many individual
duties and powers of our Fed
eral Government. There are
vitality important functions
which the Constitution assigns
to the National Government.
There are other functions which
the National Government exer-
cises jointly with the States.
There are certain activities Of
great Importance to the nation
that can not be left to private
enterprise, such as the postal
service.
The activity Of our National
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GROUP LEGISLATION, RWALRIES
STIR HATRED, NOMINEE ASSERTS

should not have the endless
confusion and complexity, and
milling around and general
hullabaloo that now character.
ize our National Government.
We want fewer laws and bet
ter laws. We want laws that
the people can understand.
Every corporation in America
is interested in the new sur
plus profits tax law OF 1885.
Many of you here tonight will
have to pay taxes under that
law. Let us read you a part
Of that law, as originally
passed by the House. Here
1t is:
"If the dividend credit is a
percentage of the adjusted net
income which Is less than 62h
and such percentage Is not
shown in the foregoing table,
the tax shall be a percentage OF
the adjusted net income equal
to the sum of rs, plus Insists
of the amount by which 6212
exceeds the percentage which
the dividend credit is of the
adjusted net income.
If that is not entirely clear, l
can read 1t again.
Explains Simplicity
Simplicity Of gov eminent
means that the Federal Govern
ment leaves individuals alone.
Within the last three years, our
Government has signed indi-
Wdual contracts with about
three million employers in trade
and industry. It has made in
dividual contracts with some
thing under four million farm
ers. 1t has made individual
contracts with hundreds of thou
sands more.
It is now struggling with a
dubious social security measure
which will require the Federal
Government to go into the inti'
mate details of the private lives
of about thirty millions more.
They will follow these individ-
uals from childhood to death,
and then ask some more queS-
tons of the surviving relatives.
That is not simplicity in govern
ment.
Second, there should be econ
omy in government. This is not
a debatable issue. Taxes must
be raised to pay for the increas-
ing activities of the Federal
Government. For those many
things that the Government
must do, there must be payment.
The people should bear this bur.
den cheerfully and periodically,
whether it be to pay for the
deficit in Mr.. Farley'S postal
system or for the salaries Of
Congressman.
Needless Taxation
Taxation for the proper ex-
penditures of government is per
sonally a burden, but it is a bur
den that must be borne. But
every tax is net subtraction
from private industry or private
consumption. Taxation properly
imposed is a necessary evil, but
taxation to support govern
mental waste, extravaganceS or
experiment is an unnecessary
evil. When taxes are devoted to
useless projects or unnecessary
public officials, they represent
sheer economic loss to the
people. Even when they are
devoted to useful governmental
projects, they are subtracted
from the living and the produc-
ton of the people.
We hear much discussion of
the usefulness Of various public
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ana failure OF markets ana
climatic uncertainties. These
hazards are the common lot of
men. Man has faced them
through the countless ages, with
q courage and ingenuity that
have built wonderful civiliza-
ton.
1t is asking too much to de-
mand that he face, year after
year, the additional unnecessary
hazards Of arbitrary and unan-
nounced governmental regimen
tation. A philosophy Of try
anything once" is not even
sound for a tin-horn gambler,
In due time. he will go broke.
"Try Anything Once"
For a sovereign government Of
a great nation. a philosophy Of
try anything once" is intol.
cradle. It has been said of a
certain type Of English sports
man that his attitude toward
life Is: "It's a fine morning:
let's go out and shoot some
thing" That's not a good at.
titude for the American Gov.
eminent.
For the past three years, all
American business has lived in
the shadow Of fear and uncer-
tainty. Business men cannot
create recovery when they have
to spend their time reading the
papers to see what happened to
them the day before in Wash.
ington.
There is lying stagnant in
this country today a vast pool
Of idle capital funds. It is q
store Of capital so vast that it
would alone suffice TO supply
the capital needs of many q
foreign nation. It lies stagnant
because Of fear.
Defends System
Give business men some as
Surance that there will be no
further violent and sudden in.
references with the vital i'm.
plements Of industrial enter.
prise, and our whole economic
life will burst into a vigor
never known before. Recovery
will become a fact instead Of
a debate. But it must not be
just breathing spell. It must
be a moratorium.
Our American economic syS-
tenn is not a perfect system. It
has some weaknesses, some
faults, some ugly spots. 1t has
risks. But it happens to be the
greatest and richest economic
system in the history of the
world. It has within itself the
God-given faculty of curing its
own ills, remedying its own de-
fects. wiping out its own injus-
tees.
The Ladder of Success
Not even world war followed
by a world depression could XIII
it. Not even mistakes Of gov
eminent can MAIN it perma-
nently. 1t has one precious
characteristic that is almost pc
culiar to it. In nearly all the
other large nations of the world,
this characteristic has been de-
stroyed.
1t still has a ladder of success
with just one rule. Any man
may climb it who is first to put
his foot on the bottom rung.
The United States is the one
great economic democracy Of all
times. We must not let mis-
takes Of government tear it