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Evening star., 1941-07-28
The Great Game of Politics
Defense Preparations Face Same Problems
Thut Hompered World War Efforts

surprise to the o. P. M-particular-
ly to Mr.. Knudsen, who was away
at the time. Wholly aside from the
soundness of Mr.. Hendersons order
and the vagueness with which the
word tentative" envelops it, the
incident reveals again the basic
weakness of the entire defense setup,
which is that, steadily ignoring the
lessons of experience, Mr.. Roosevelt
has refused to delegate. either to one
man or to one committee, full power
to control the supply of all essential
economic resources.
Lacks Time for Job.
To say why he holds to this
course would involve an analysis of
Mr.. RooSevelt's mental makeup and
temperament for which there is not
space. But, certainly it is beyond
dispute that the fact that he does
so hold is responsible for the con-
fusion and has preCipitated the
clashes, of which that between Q. P.
M. and Opacs is just one. All
such conflicts have to be taken
to the President to be Strengthened
out. Already overburdened by the
routine duties of his Office and the
immense problems of foreign policy,
he lacks the time to go into these
disputes. They harass and annoy
MIN. They lie on his desk for weeks
without action. Some recommended
tionS, in which he has acquiesced,
have lain there for months.
In this matter of the Henderson
so per cent reduction order, there
is little criticism of its soundness.
1t should have gone through long
ago, and would have had there been
a responsible boss on the job. The
criticism now being made is that
Mr.. Henderson bumptiously acted
as though he were the boss and
assumed an authority which he does
not have. The power TO curtall
production, it is contended, Is
logically that of the Office of Pro-
duction Management and not that
of the price administrator. The
fact that Mr.. KnudSen was slow IN
acting was no justification for Mr..
Henderson's butting into a field in
which he has no business. If he
would attend to his job of keeping
down prices, which are rapidly get
ting out of control, he would find
more than enough to do.
That is typical of the comment
heard in defense circles, following
the Henderson action. On the
other hand, the New Deal friends
of Mr.. Henderson, and the admin
istration press agents, who are
partial to him, loudly applaud
Icons boldness." Conceding that
1t was bold, the question then
arises as to why Leon does not
eHnlDlJ llllle VI lIilS DOlNllCoo Ail
the particular field of price control
to which he is assigned. In private,
Mr.. Henderson agrees-as every
one must who can reason at all
that effective price control is not
possible unless there is likewise
wage control; that a ceiling over
the first without a ceiling over the
second does not make sense. But
while. as is proper, he is seeking
legislation to give him power to
enforce the price ceiling, he is ex-
tremely evasive on the subject of
wages. On that question his bold
ness evaporates and he displays a
timidity which is in tune with the
whole administration whenever 1t
has seemed likely 1t might have
to oppose the professional labor
leaders.
(CopyriEht. 1p41)
Evening star., 1941-07-28

them, vet always there was the
realization that l wanted to be-
lieYe them, that l was hearing
what I wanted to hear. So many
things have not been as we
wanted them to be, nor as we
believed them to be.
There was, for instance. France.
We had been told previous
to a year ago last spring of the
immortal vigor of France. of the
unconQuerable army. of the i'm
perturbable morale. But the
other truth was there for any
candid eye to see before the
German armies blasted their
way through Holland and Bel
GUM, cutting through France
as if it were overripe cheese.
Those armies had not yet
moved on May /, 1910, when I
revisited France after a three
year absence, Ofhcials were
brightly confident. One noted
their words for the meticulOus
reports. They spoke assuredly;
surely they could not be wrong.
But something was wrong. One
felt 1t rather than realized it.
Something was wrong with the
people. Their faces wore a sui
len, furtiye expression. Soldiers
going off to the front departed
in a silence that was not reticent
but OminouS.
People Showed Nervousness.
No one there seemed to no.
tlce it. Perhaps other observers
had become accustomed to it
and found it normal. No one
seemed to notice that walters in
restaurants and salespeople in
shops were irritable. Courtesy
had departed from them. They
were overweight and their
nerves were swapping.
As though it had some pro-
found significance I observed
that the grass in the gardens
had not been cut. They have
given it up already, I thought,
before a bomb has fallen. and
put resolutely out of mind what
I could not put out of my
nerves. That was on May /,
1910, and before I had departed
on May % it was all over really.
Perhaps, I thought. I would
find something like that in Eng
land. PEOPLE have written, Eng
land has changed" Yes, hut
how? There were things one
would like TO see changed in
England But something else
was in England. something flow
ing, imperturbable, deep like
England's unturbulent rivers,
something continuous. mchang-
ing, strong.
Had the bombs. the inSufferable
clamor and the insensate tumult
of the skies exploded that deep,
quiet stream. throwing upon its
surface all the sediment and hid
den scum? Perhaps that had
happened. Better not go. I
thought-better trust and believe
and have faith. but do not see.
I saw first the port at which
my plane put down and then the
faces of those who came to meet
me. Homely faces. Merry faces.
The people must have thought
me a little overWrought from
the flight when I began to laugh
"a laugh of sheer relief.
The port was terribly SCARED.
Street after street of obscene
ruins Of houses caught off guard,
and all their intimacies revealed
in the Wreckage. Shops, fac
tories and great stores which
represented some ones life work,
some ones pride. were now
dumps INTO which no one could
burroW for salvage.
There were bits of pathos. A
sign told me in prim, clean let
Evening star., 1941-07-28

eran OF many a
narrowing VIE
ner roast, called
at the house and
carried 1t away.
AS the skillet
passed through
the door and out
of my life-a
frying pan into
the fire, so TO
spe lax t h IS
country's peril
was fully brought
home TO me for
the first time.
Evening star., 1941-07-28
BruziI Trees Give Rubber

Growing wild in the jungles Of
Brazil, vast numbers of trees are
capable of producing an enormous
quantity OF crude rubber yearly. but
means of collecting and transporting
the product are limited.
Evening star., 1941-07-28

not to profit by
the experiences
of the Wilson
a d m i nistration
in the first
w orld w ar.
That would be
the n a t u r a |
thing to do, but
from the start
t h e President
not only has NE
S i S I e d sugges-
tions along those
lines, but it has
appeared to irri-
Evening star., 1941-07-28

war. Perhaps
that was why
I postponed
it so long
b c a us e of
that inhibit-
ed, a | m o S t
unCOnSC 10 us
fear of being
disappointed.
All Ameri-
can CORE
s p o n q Q n is
told heroic
stories and |
y o | ! o Y @ n
Evening star., 1941-07-28

lOuI lIeeuOIllS.
One Of these is
fr e e d o m of
speech and an
9th er is the
freedom of the
press.
1t is pertinent,
therefore, TO put
some Of these to
the acid test of
liberalism. For
it is liberalism
which the pres
ent AdminIStra-
ton since 1888
Evening star., 1941-07-28

HE opinions OF the riters this page their not
necessarily opinions presented The
effort giUe all sides OF questions Of interest to its
readers although such opinions may be contradictory among
themselves directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1941-07-28
.McLemore-
A Fovorite Skillet
Marches to War
By HENRY McLEMORE.

With my chin up, but with tell
tale mist in my eyes, I bsde fare
well to my favorite aluminium skillet
today.
A hard-bitten Boy Scout, whose
merit badges marked him as a vet
Evening star., 1941-07-28
Ry FRANK r. KENT.

No one yet has advanced any rea-
sonable explanation as to why this
administration, in its defense pro-
gram, evinces such determination
Evening star., 1941-07-28
On the Record
BY DOROTHY THOMPSON

LONDON-There was an un-
easy feeling of suppressed but
persistent apprehension about
visiting England during this
Evening star., 1941-07-28
Lindbereh's
Right to Talk
Defended
Ickes AssuiIed
For Personal
Attack on Flyer
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Il America should 60 to war,
our principal peace aims will be
the establishment everywhere of
what President Roosevelt terms the
Evening star., 1941-07-28
Tomorrow
Treasury House

Treasury House at Fourteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue
NV. where you can see mill
tary exhibits at the same time
you buy Defense savings bonds
and stamps, announces the fol-
lowing program for tomorrow:
1900 to 12:30-Concert by
United States Marine Band.
1890 to $50 pm.-Red Cross
program.
4:45- to 5 pm. - Treasury
House quiz. Correct answers
win Defense stamp prizes for
persons interviewed.
5:25 pm.-Retreat. Colors
lowered with full military
honors.
7:30 to 8 pm. - Concert by
United States Army Band.
8 to $50 pm. - Program by
Post once Department en-
ployes.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-02
50L0N5 LOSE ! GAMES TO SEALS SUNDAY
Seattle and Hollywood Go 16 Innings 10 1ie-Oak-
 land Tops Portland
(By Associated Press)

San Francisco defeated Sacr4 mento twice on Sunday to become the first team to take a series From the Pacific Coast Leagues leadins Solons. l..
 Tied at the end of a sixteen m ming game by 2-2 score, oea.'le and Hollywood were forced to stop Sunday to allow Hollywood to eaten a train.
 San Deigo remains in third place in the standings of the league oy splitting a double game Sunday with Tns Angeles, while Oakland kept a slight jump ahead of Portland by winning A pair from the Beavers.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-02
FIGURES AWRY
 AS WHITE S0x
 GO INTO LEAD
Chicago at Top of Stand ings, But Cleveland Is
 Half Game Ahead
(By Associated Press)

Despite a percentage mixup, the Chicago White Sox took the Amer ican League lead yesterday after. the Yankees twice defeated the skidding Cleveland tribe, which suffered it's first shutout of the season at the hands of Charley Ruffing and then bowed to the eighth inning home run assault by Johnny Sturm and George Selkirk. AS result Cleve- land is a fraction of a point behind the White Sox in percentages al- though half a game ahead in games won and lost.
 New York moved to game and half behind the Chicago White Sox as they split .doubleheader- with Washington yesterday. John Rigney allowed only three hits in the open CT, but lost due to shoddy fielding The Sox took the nightcap in the eleventh.
 The Red Sox whammed the hap less Detriot champions in double header yesterday. winning both by one run, and the resurgent Phila- delphia Athletocs climbed in with two percentage points n the first division after taking doubleheadel from St. Louis.
 In the National League yesterday the Dodgers completed the bounce from a six-game losing streak to a nine-game winning streak as they nosed out the slumpi1g Cardinals and earned first place. k The New York Giants and the Cincinnati Reds tied yesterday as they split a doubleheader with iden- tical scores.
 The Cubs reached the first di- vision yesterday after downing the Phillies twice in the only other games.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-02
STOCK QUOTATIONS

NEW YORK. June D. Closing quotation of Alaska Juneau mine stock at the opening session today for Juneau is 4, American Can 781s Anaconda 26, Bethlehem Steel 69h Commonwealth and Southern 5/16, Curtiss Wright 8as, General Motors 36A, International Harvester 49h Kennecott 35ss, New York Central 12A. Northern Pacific 6ss, United States Steel 537s, Pound $4.04.
 DOW, JONES AVERAGES
 The following are today's Dow, Jones averages: industrials ll6.l8, rails 27.56, utilities l6.T.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-02

Travelling man H. M. Brown and his Minnesota salmon were the cause of much enjoyment at Point Bishop yesterday as the visitor from Mmne- sota strip -fished patiently all day. caught not salmon.
 A rabid angler of all kinds, but new to the game of Alaska strip fishing and apparently to salmon and their appearances, Brown went deep with his herring set, hooked onto a giant, scarlet Irish Lord The sluggish fish was brought to the sur face, and when he broke water, Brown claimed that he had landed the first king of the trip. Others in the party, which included MT. and Mrs. Jack Garrett, MT. and Mrs. Art Beaudin and pr. and Mrs. Steve Ramsey, agreed with him, told him to catch more kings"
 Tom cod and more lords came up l from the bottom on Browns line and he was a happy man, believing all the time that he was catching salmon and the others catching none. He was stringing the fish and the fishermen were stringing him until he got suspicious, then kicked his catch overheard in disgusted rage.
 When Brown, who has fisehd for muskies and the big game fish in the central states, saw Art Beaudin putting a double herring set on his line, he commented; Tn the States we go out after fish that size, here you use them for bait"
 After years of fish tales, Dr. w. w. Council landed the only catch on Rod Darnelrs Honeypot yester- cay when the party was out to the end of Douglas Island. The doctor landed four fish, largest weighing A pounds.
 i In Lake Sitkoh yesterday six fish ermen and women landed more fish than you could shake a stick at, as 1 the firmest, incest rainbows and cut throats fairly begged for the hook.
 Dean Goodwin filled his creel in 30 minutes, he claims, and taking them all on a coachman bucktail Everyone returned with the limit Running up to and over 16 inches, the rainbows are hungry, in good shape and fighting. Few mosquitoes and no-see-ums are in the lake now. In the party were Mir. and Mrs. Dan Ralston, MT. and Mrs. Dean Good win and MT. and Mrs. Roger Stew enson.
 Another flying party was dropped into the lake by Pilot Dean Good win. but did little fishing so caught little fish.
 Out on the Leota with the Minne- sota Salmon fisherman yesterday was Mrs. Steve Ramsey, acclaimed ov,osn nT fho nnoct x,o,rcicf ant v,o tioy,t
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-02
GAMES SUNDAY Pacific Coast League

Pacific Coast League Hollywood 2; Seattle ?. Game call ed at end of sixteenth at a tie tc allow Hollywood to catch a train oakland 5, 2; Portland z, 2. Sacramento 5, A. San Francisce ', 5. o San Diego g, 8; Los Angeles D. g
 National League Brooklyn 3; St. Louis ?. Cincinnati 2, 3; New York 5, Z. Chicago g., |; Philadelphia 5, 0. Pittsburgh Boston, postponed rain.
 American League New York 2, 5; Cleveland U, 3' Boston 2, 6: Detroit 6. 5. Washington 3, 3; Chicago 2, 4. Philadelphia 5, 5; St. Louis 2' 3'
 Gastineau Channel League Moose 6; Douglas 3.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-02
Evergreen
 Bowl Opens
DireCtor Harold F. Roth Makes Announcement
 Regarding Plans

The Evergreen Bowl, Juneau's re- creational center for adults and children, opened today under the direction of Harold F. Roth, Juneau High School instructor. There will not be any directed activities this week as the entire time will be spent in preparing the bowl for the sum- mers use.
 From noon Saturday and until Monday morning at o'clock the tennis courts are to be reserved ex- clusively for adults. This holds true also for evenings after 5 o'clock Younger tennis fans may use the courts during this time If there are no adults desirng to use them. Both adults and children can practice a little tennis etiquette by walking outside the courts instead of across the back courts when persons are playing This will make the playing more interesting and eliminate the danger of being struck by racquet
  as the back courts are quite small
 Soft Ball League
 An adult soft ball league is tc be started immediately and any per. sons wishing to manage or enter { team in the league should call or SC, Director Roth some time this week The telephone company has agair offered to furnish telephone fol the bowl this summer.
 Swimming Pool
 The swimming pool is beginning to look like something and botf adults and children will be anxiou. ! to use it this summer. Work ha been progressing quite rapidly ant it is hoped that the pool will b, ready for use within a short time.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-02

taken lessons, for she landed fight ing 12-pound king that she had merely snagged amidships. Then proceeded to hook an 18-pounder off Pt. Bishop, the only kings caught on the trip.
 Skunked for the days fishing Joe Meherin returned to Juneau after a day of trolling and strip fishing around Pt. Bishop with the exhil- iration from the weather, but no fish.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-02
KUNNAS RITES HELD
 IN CHAPEL SUNDAY

Funeral services were held Sun- day afternoon at o'clock at the Charles w. Carter Chapel for Ar thur Kunnas who died May 26 ir Sitka.
 The Rev. John L. Cauble deliv- cred the eulogy and Ernest Ehlel sang three selections. a.s
 Pallbearers were Frank Heinke John Krugness, Hans Berg, E. O Jacobsen, John Torvinen and Ell Tanner. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery. Is
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-02
LAST SERVICE HELD
 FOR J0SEpH MI(Ek

Funeral services were held this afternoon at ? o'clock at the Charles w. Carter Chapel for Jo- seph Micek, whose body was re- covered from Gold Creek last Fri day after he had been missing for several weeks.
 The services were conducted by the Rev. John L. Cauble. Inter- ment was in Evergreen Cemetery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-02

Out on the Leota with the Minne-
 sota Salmon fisherman yesterday
 was Mrs. Steve Ramsey, acclaimed one of the most persistent, patient
 fisherwomen on the. Channel. From old Isaac himself, must she have
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-02

Connie (eft) leader of the Philadelphia Ahe plaque for his inesmabe service to babai ana go Shbe Park renamed Connie Mack Stadium Judge Harry trgh chairman or citizens the Gerald Nugent president Of the
 Philies bal looks V.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-02
UMPIRE GETS
 ACCLAIM AS
 MOOSE WIN
Douglas loses Game on Own Field After Fast
 Ginning Battle
SCORE LAST NIGHT Moose 6; Douglas 3

 for nine innings on their own field, and seeing a fine exhibition of English umpiring, the Douglas Red Coats fell to the blows of the plugging Moose on the Island field last night, with the score 6 to 3.
 The Islanders tossed the game away with over-confidence, and with the aid of base Umpire Gildo Battello, who called some outs that even the Moose did not agree to. Our hero, Red" Shaw, started the bah rolling in the first frame as he clipped out single, the first man up to the plate and the first man to score. Then in the thild and the fourth the Moose did 1t again as a total of six runs and nine hits were marked up for the visitors. The Douglas boys took not run until the sixth.
 Three Doubles One Frame
 Claude Erskine. pitching for the Red Coats, started to slip in the third as he gave four hits, three doubles and single, and allowed three runs to come in. First up, | Shaw took one-base hit, followed by Fritz Schmitz who doubled in Shaw. Grummett doubled to bring in Schmitz, and then came in him self as Sturrock took the third double from Erskine. The fourth run of the game with the Douglas still holding the empty bag, and worth about as much as pound of liver Again in the fourth and for the last time in the game, the Moose men scored. this time chalking up two runs as Hasu and Schmitz made the tour as Joe Snow banged out slippery single. Came the sixth with both pitchers working over the boys l-2-3 and Jensen, inu for Erskine since the third, sanding three down the line by stIikeouts.
 Catcher Wiley and Erskine drew first blood for the Islanders in the sixth frame when Wiley took a single from Snow. and Erskine got on when he was hit by pitched ball. Rusty Rustad, who, as fam ousa New York fight promoter claimed, "wuz robbed" took first on single and then got the thumb up and out signal from the base umpire when he attempted to make it to second, bringing in Wiley and Erskine for, two of the three runs made by the Islanders.
 Calm, deliberate ball with the outfield doing a. catastrophe job for the batters. was played for the rest of the game, the only outburst happening during the fast rally in the final frame, when the Doug las, lost good chance of turning the ' game.
 The Islanders took to the plate as the last half of the last canto came. up on the books and made a desperate try to score the needed runs. Erskine took single from Snow and then Rusty Rustad made first. when Snow hit him with the ball, It was fast and almost ef- fective rally. but it failed to work when Rusty was called out slid ing into third. A near mutiny was precipitated as he bore down on Batello, but things smoothed out with the fans arguing the pros and cons of the decision. In the meantime Erskine came in for the last run of the game and left the score standing, after three mon had been walked and Graham had grounded out the last of the three, with halved figure, 6 to 3.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-02

Economist Isador Lubin, now an administrative assistant to Sidney Hillman, an OPM director, soon will be named as special economic adviser to President Roosevelt. From 1883 to 1940 Lubin was commissioner Of labor statistics
 in the labor department.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-02
Summary

replaced Culbertson in sixth.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-02
GAMES SATURDAY Pacific Coast League

oakland 6, g.; Portland 0, 5. LOS Angeles 12; San Diego II. San Francisco IA; Sacramento IA, thirteen innings. Hollywood 6; Seattle 3.
 National League Boston O; Philadelphia l. Chicago : Pittsburgh, postponed rain.
 Brooklyn g. New York 2. St. Louis 2; Cincinnati 5.
 American League St. Louis 3; Chicago 4. Other scheduled games postpon- cd on account of rain.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-06-02

Summary
 Stolen bases, Sturrock, Wiley; two-base hits, Schmitz. Grummett, Sturrock; double plays, Grummett to Shaw to Grummett; Schmitz to Grummett; hit by pitched ball, Err skine, Rustad by Snow; bases on balls, off Snow B. off Bensen l; struck out by Snow g, by Erskine 4. by Jensen 8; six hits off Erskine in ? li3 innings, three hits off Jensen in 2/3 innings; wild pitch. Snow; passed balls, Blake, Wiley; umpires, Druxman at the plate. Battello on the bases; scorer. Gaf- fney; time of game, 2 hours, 5 minutes.
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