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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-12-28
HAAS WILL
HAVE TWO
LABOR JOBS
Named Representative for
u. 5. Department, War
Labor Board Both
by office of War Information)

SEATTLE, Dec. 24-tDelayed)--
Michael j. Haas, Alaska's first
Commissioner of Labor, on Janu-
airy l will become Alaskan repre-
sentative for the United States De-
partment of Labor and the Ma
tional War Labor Board, it was
announced today i'll Washington,
DC.
Haas will leave his post as AL
aska's Labor Commissioner to
handle President Roosevelt's wage
sterilization program in the Ter
ritory.
At the same time, Haas will
head the u S. Department of La
bor's Cancellation service for Al
aska.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-12-28
FORMAL DANCE OF
GS0G00D FEATURE

The Christmas dance given by
the ESQ of the USO on Saturday
evening, December 26, was we'll at
tended and the girls in their for
NAL dresses made a lovely setting
for the Christmas season.
The Duck Creek orchestra fur
nished the music and everyone en-
joyed the music punch and novel;
ty numbers The men as we'll as
the girls are locking forward to
another formal dance.
Mrs. John Klein was in charge
of the chaperones and Mrs. Fred
Geeslin the punch.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-12-28

PELICAN RESIDENTS HERE
Mr.. and Mrs. M. w. Soule, of
Pelican, now are visiting in Juneau.
They are staying at the Baranof
Hotel
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-12-28

These two photographs dramatically illustrate
the difference that * years have made in
Army motorized equipment The 54-ton 1913
model GMC, shown above did great job for
the AEF. in World War I, IS any veteran can
testify. The big, modern 212-ton GMCs, shown
below, are playing an even more important
part in World War II. They have three times
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-12-28

NNOlltAAiRtA AANAAA o6N O>AANN
this than was offered by one air
corps general. Babe Ruth, he said,
was a great baseball player - a
genius with a bat who also hung
up records as a fielder and pitcher.
Still, the Babe lacked something. He
never could win his spurs as a
manager.
Under the new regulations, any
man who has been a flight sergeant
or any of those now coming out of
schools originally designed to grad
uate flight sergeantS will become
flight officers He will have the
same insignia as warrant officer
except that his bar will be blue
instead of brown and it will be
crossed by strip of gold.
In training, he will have no dis
tinction from the men who are to
become flying officers (men ear
marked for flight sergeants have
heretofore been known as flying
students while flying officers in
training were designated as flying
cadets.
His record in flight school will
determine his status as either a
flight officer or second lieutenant,
but you can bet the air corps will
do its best to see that there is no
stigma attached to man coming
out with the lesser grade.
In the matter of pay the flight
officers will be only shade under
the men with the bars. They still
receive so per cent above base pay
for flying. Army pay being what
it is these days, that's nothing to
shrug off.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-12-28
Important Experiment Is
Abandoned by War Dept;
Flight Sergeant No More

Continued from Page One)
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-12-28

BUY bEFENsE BONDS
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-12-28

According to DR., Ralph E, Diff
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-12-28

The China International Famine
Relief Committee, of which the
Rev. C. Bertran Rape, of Chicago,
Methodist missionary to Chung
king, is chairman, is cooperating
with the Nationalist Government
OF China in carrying out num-
Der of extensive irrigation and
canal projects in five countries Of
Free China The government fur
nishes the funds, and the Interna-
tional Committee the engineers and
other personnel. Recently this
GROUP opened at Santai a large
canal With three locks; they raise
boats sixty feet and take them
around dangerous rapids in the
river which formerly was notorious
for its wrecks. Other irrigation
projects are helping increase wheat
and rice production by 40 percent.
The Committee has also organized
l40 cooperative societies and Is
carrying ON rehabilitation work
among families of soldiers who lost
their lives in the present war.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-12-28

fendorfer, of the Board OF Mis-
sions Of the Methodist Church. the
war has caused no withdrawal of
Methodist missionaries from In
dia, Portuguese East Africa, the
Belgian Congo, Angola, Southern
Rhodesia, Cuba, Central America,
Brazil, Argentina. Uruguay, Bolivia,
Chile, or West China. In fact
he says, many missionaries tenn
porarily out of Malaga, Occupied
China, and Japan have been re-
assigned and are giving their skills
and services to the churches n d
peoples of these other lands. For
instance, all our missionaries who
were formerly in Burma are now
preaching, teaching, or carrying on
medical work in India"
According to the findings of a
commission on religious work, re-
porting recently to the American
Hospital Association, in st. Louis,
a majority of medical doctors find
a better mental and emotional at
titude in patients who have religi-
Gus faith than in those who do
not. THE patient who has faith in
his church has much brighter
mental attitude, is better able to
cope with pain, has more interest
in recovery, and cooperates more
than one who does not" is the gen.
eral feeling of physicians. T h a t
there should be more consultation
between physician and clergyman
md the development of cooperation
and confidence between them, look
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-12-28
THEAT RE ~

ing toward the betterment of the
attitude and spirit of the patient,
seems to be generally accepted by
both professions.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1942-12-28
JACK STEVEN HERE

Jack Steven, Pybus Bay resident,
now is in Juneau staying at the
Gastineau Hotel and is visiting his
many Juneau friends.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-06

seemed 10 feel the qualities in the
other which has made them what
they are.
They differed on many subjects.
as Churchill himself said. but they
were able 10 talk frankly and
without pulling any punches
There were no evaSionS or compro-
mise statements in their discus
sions.
/ have talked TO many people
who have conversed with Stain,
among them Admiral STANDBY,
Joseph T.. Davies, Walter Duranty
and Wendell Willkie. They come
from different walks of life, and
they have different interests, but
their opinion OF the Soviet leader
Is much the Same-they agree he
is a rare type of brilliant man.
This. then. is Josef Djugashvili,
the Georgian whose mother
wanted him 10 be a priest, who
once held up a bank when the
Communist Party needed money,
and who has saved Russia today.
Some men seize responsibility and
some have it thrust upon them,
but Stain accepted il when ne
could have ruled without it.
He has proved his right to the
title of statesman in a hard school,
and he is one of the main reasons
Hitler is a doomed man.
Continued Tomorrow
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-06

lens OF the Mongolians, the Khir-
gizians and the Armenians; he is
probably the only man who pos
Sesses a complete picture Of the
vast complexities of the Soviet
military machine.
His hair has become grayer since
the war. and, when his face is in
repose. he looks tired; but he has
lost none of his keenness. the in
cisive quality which rejects non
essentials and goes Immediately
TO the point.
/ walked around the Kremlin
walls one night in August after
Rostov had fallen and the Ger
mans had crossed the Don. and j
wondered il Stain was discour-
aged.
Many Russians were down
hearted in those desperate days
But / know now what he was
doing; that nc didn't have time "a
be discouraged. that he was ex-
Iamining reports, correcting mis-
takes, reforming the army com
mand, and laying the plans which
resulted in the magnificent defense
Iof Stalingrad.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-06

ahead, but he removed his old
comrades in arms and put in gen.
erals who understood modern war
fare.
ENIGMA OF THE WAR
That is one of the few enignas
of the war. the mystery OF why
Stain maintained leaders like
Budenny as long as he did. But it
is probably one of his few weak
nesses, loyalty 10 the handful or
followers who have been with him
since the days of Lenin.
He did not liquidate the civil
war generals; instead, he gave
them jobs in the rear where they
are doing work of great impor-
tance. Voroshilov. for example, is
training troops in the Trials, where
his name and reputation carries
great weight with the men.
Then, in the somber days Of last
wear. when Moscow seemed about
to fall. Stain ordered Molotov to
go with the government and the
diplomatic corps to Kuibyshev. and
he himself remained in the Krem-
lin TO direct the defense of the
city. The people of Moscow knew
he was there, and it had a steady
ing influence.
KNOWS EVERYTHING
Stain works Ia or Is hours a
day: he is we'll informed on every
phase of the war. ne can discuss
the industrial and transportation
situation, he knows the military
factors governing strategy In the
forests and swamps OF the north
as well as the flat steppes of the
south.
He understands the local prob
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-06
By JAMES f. BROWN

International Service STAFF Correspondent
Military experts anayzng Russias resistance can never
than 60 cent approximation because the
40 per cent lies in the person OF Josef Stain and can
not be accurately measured.
This rough attempt to estimate the value of Stain
leadership in the Russian effort most observers IN
Moscow would place it much higher than 40 per cent
Such is the who struggled ruhlessy for ~ years
maintain absolute power and today is being tested IN
that role as leaders have been He has already
passed He is only leading the nation but
truly a source of strength to the Russian people.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-06
PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE

This system Of holding people
responsible and Furnishing them for
failure was carried 10 such an
extreme that in 1898 workers were
reluctant 10 accept managerial
positions.
The system has continued today,
and when Stain became premier
and elected not only 10 direct but
10 be personally responsible Tor
Russia's destinieS during the great
est war OF her history, he was
taking a role from which there
could be no turning back. No one
knew better than he what the step
meant
But he did it, and this was the
first sign that the Soviet Union
was going TO have real leadership.
Then. in the disastrous early days,
when the civil war leaders, Bud
emmy. Voroshilov and the others
showed they were no match Tor
IHitler's generals, Stain did not
panic as the Germans pounded
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-06

wage and hour act. II was an
nounced today by Harry A. Reifin,
inspector for the wage and hour
division of the United States De-.
partment of Labor.
Thirty-two establishments vol
unfairly paid the back wages TO
926 employees. be said.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-06
Wage-Hour Report
Made on Michigan

Michigan employees rece We d
S34. 1902 during October as the
result Of inspections under the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-06

An the Russian people need his
strength; the old paternal con-
cept of government has not disap-
peared. despite Two decades OF
state socialism. Stain is the
Little Father 10 millions OF
Russians.
A glance at his record during
the war will be OF interest. To
begin with. he assumed direct and
official responsibility; he became
prime minister. For years he had
been content TO be figure OF
mystery, ruling from behind the
scenes as secretary Of the party,
if things went wrong, some one
else could be, and usually was,
blamed.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-06
HE DOOMS HITLER

Men who were present at the
meeting of Churchill and Stain
tell me that il was an electric
occasion. Each man Immediately
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-06
Why Russia Can't Be Beaten =,
Stain S Towering Strength
Keeps NdtionFrom lettering
War Brings Him TO Forefront as Leader;
Lille Father TO Millions OF Reds

Josef Stain as a leader of his people in peace and
ar is described the following article by James E
Brouvn, International News Service MoscoW cores
pendent. This dispatch is the fifth in SERIES "Why
Russia Can't Be Beaten"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-11-06

ahead, but he removed his old
comrades in arms and put in gen.
erals who understood modern war
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25
The Great Game of Politics
New Dealers Resentment Against Criticism
Not Conducive to Effective War Direction

litical grounds-if these and other
things, unquestionably true, are
pointed out, from one group comes
a charge of obstructive criticism"
and the intimation that it would be
patriotic to refrain from comment.
And If the obvious evil of the
swollen payrolls, the paralyzing
overmaning of the governmental
agencies and the unrestrained waste
OF the public funds is touched upon,
another and more violent group be-
comes vituperative and abusive.
Those who point out these facts are
denounced as ignorant, prejudiced
and vicious, which is routine New
Deal technique for meeting every
unpleasant disclosure. What 1t all
adds up to is a rather impressive
effort to inculcate the wholly un-
founded notion that the men who
are running things here know best
and their actions should not be ques-
toned.
Criticism Effective.
1t is easy to understand why ad-
ministration officials and admins
tration journalists should be anx-
ious to establish this idea. What
Is not easy to understand is why
men independent of White House
influences and with no payroll con-
nection should aid in doing it. Par
ticularly as they know it took Is
months of pounding to get the sim
gle-headed production board which
we should have had at the start.
and when it is SO clear that the only
thing that has forced a measurable
correction of mistakes and partial
adoption of sound methods has been
a constant criticism which. while re-
sented, nevertheless has been effec-
tive.
Eliminate that and there would
be no check whatever upon the ex-
cesses OF these inexperienced admin
1strators, no way in which their
plumbers could become known or re-
trieved. That is not the way to
win a war; that is way to lose it,
If 1t can be lost Certainly it is a
dangerous doctrine these gentlemen
enunciate. Fortunately, there is no
chance that the incoming Congress
will accept it. On the contrary, there
is every prospect that the criticism
OF the Washington war management
will be more pointed than before
and, therefore, more helpful. This
business of telling these New Deal
key men, with their very active pub
hcity agents, how good they are has
been carried pretty far. 1t has not
gotten results, and will not. It
merely confirms them in their own
opinions and increases their con-
genital cOmplacencv-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25

get rid of Hitler and his cam
arilla to obtain more favorable
peace conditions before a mill
tary defeat.
The tremendous Nazi military
machine was built exclusively for
offense and not for defense.
In the last two months the
Nazis and to smaller degree
the Japs. their associates in the
Pacific-have been on the de-
fensive.
In Russia after the failure of
Axis forces to capture Stalin-
grad and reach the shores of the
Caspian Sea they are now COM
PEELED to remain on the defensive
in their winter quarters. Behind
the east wall their position Is not
necessarily comfortable since the
Russians continue to hammer at
them.
Nazi Morale Suffers.
And regardless how much we
may discount the reports Of
thousands of Nazis killed every
day, there is no question that the
morale of the forces must suffer
when they encounter a revived
enemy who has received stagger-
ing blows with every ounce Of
strength Hitler's war machine
possesses.
On the other hand Hitler, has
counted on starving out Russia.
The occupation of the most pro-
ductive regions of European
Russia by the Axis would ordi-
narily have brought such situ-
alton. The Soviet government.
however, has developed beyond
belief the Siberian area which in
the last war was considered
mostly wasteland.
The transportation system
double-track railways-from ST.
IBERIA to the Volga is in good
shape and the Soviet high COM
mand need not worry about star
walton at the front.
In Africa, too, the Nazis have
lost their offensive power. Mar
shall Erwin Rommel showed him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25
Fight Over Municurist
FotoI to Union Agent
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Z H c AGO, Dec. 25-waIter
Sneffer, ST, business agent for the
electrical Workers Union of Chi
cago, was shot and fatally wounded
Yesterday in the barber shop of a
Loop office building.
Police Officer Thomas Traebev
said Vincent Lucchese, a. mart
owner OF the shop in the Durham
Building, told him he shot shelter
IN sen-defense during a quarrel in
Voivlng Mrs. Fay Smith, red-haired
manicurist. GU
The manicurist, who is a widow
TOLD the officer she accused Mr.
Lucchese of annoying her, that he
caled her a damned liar" and
that Mr.. Shelter rose from a barhe,.
chair and said: Don't call her
that" AVA
Mrs. Smith said a fight ens,ed
and Mr.. Lucchese drew a revolver
Mr.. Lucchese told police he fred
only to defend himself, and said
Mrs. Smith hit him with her shoe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25
Cadillac. Is PRODUCING
Secret Mobile Weopon

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, Dec. 25.-Production
OF a new, still secret mobile weapon
was disclosed with Army approval
yesterday by the Cadillac division
Of General Motors Corp.
Cadillac engineers and production
men have been working with the
ordnance departments tank auto
motive center to design and perfect
the weapon.
Nicholas Dreystadt. president of
Cadillac, delivered the first produc-
ton model yesterday to Brig. Gen.
A. R. Clancy, assistant chief of
ordnance in charge of the tank
automotive center, and Brig. Gen.
John K. Christmas, assistant chief
of the center.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25

enough but clearly not conducive to
effective conduct of the war. 1t
ought to be plain that if inefficiency
Is to continue without comment,
waste to go unchecked and con-
fusion accepted as inevitable, this
war will be prolonged and the cost
in lives, money and material greatly
increased. Also the postwar do
mestic problems will be made more
difficult. There is slight room for
argument about that.
1t therefore is hard to reconcile
with reason the attitude of those
presumably detached observers who
are now preaching to the people
that they should accept without
protest whatever Is done to them in
Washington. The idea sought to be
conveyed Is that the New Dealers
whom the President has put into
key positions are all very fine men,
who are doing their jobs as we'll as
they can be done, and hence ought
to have full popular and journalistic
support. In addition, businessmen,
big and little, are told to cease
bothering about their present
troubles, such as the ridiculous
missionaries with which they are
deluged, and not to worry about
their future. The best plan for
them, it is urged. is to concern
themselves solely about doing their
best under existing circumstances
and take everything that happens in
their stride, believing that that is
the way to win the war and serve
themselves, too. Conduct along
these lines is being suggested as
more or less high duty. It does
not seem sensible.
Doctrine Of Suppression.
TO make 1t sensible, one must as
sumo. first, that the men who are in
these key positions are all first-class
men who are doing competent Jobs.
This just does not happen to be so.
one further has to assume that
everything that is being done is
JuStlf1ed and that no improvement
can be made. The absurdity of that
is too clear to need pointing out. And
a third assumption is necessary
That there is nothing to be gained
oy public protest against mistakes,
injustice and inefficiency: that these
correct themselves if cheerfully-
and neutrality-suspicious. in. In brief
the doctrine now being put forth
would suppress public sentiment as
we'll as smother all criticism.
If it is pointed out that the White
House black list is still in operation
that the effort to regulate retail
prices by ceilings was tried before
and found futile: that influential
men in the administration are
playing New Deal politics unde,
cover of the war; that the labo,
lobbyists WELD disproportionate
and unhealthy power in Washing.
ton; that the Treasury tax pro.
gram is inadequate and partly DO
litical that the manpower situation
is in muddle and the White House
refusal to adopt the obvious solution
Of the problem by extending the 40
hour week is explainable only on DO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25
Guatemala Sends u. s.
Rubber Scrap Collection

Guatemala, one of the United
States good neighbors in Central
America, is helping this Nation build
up a rubber stock pile for its fight
ing forces.
The War Department has reported
that 5000 pounds Of rubber scrap
recently were delivered by air from
Guatemala after its voluntary coll
lection by police, Boy Scouts and
citizens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-12-25
Tear Gas Robbers Seize
$4,000 in Chicago
BY the Associated Press.

by the hSSOClaleu TTesS.
CHICAGO, Dec. 25.-Tear gas
robbers seized $4,000 in raid on
a currency exchange yesterday, but
failed in a similar attempt earlier
because girl employees used wet
towels to offset the effects of the
fumes.
The $1,000 was obtained from the
local currency exchange on the
North Side. where the attendant,
Miss Helen Rolfe. 90. was subdued
by the gas and compelled to open
the cage door.
Previously three men. believed by
police to have been the same trio,
failed to obtain any loot in a
raid ON the T. g. N. currency ex-
change on the South Side. They
were frustrated when Miss Kary
Kerwin, the manager, pulled two
other girl attendants to the floor
and swathed their heads with wet
towels while the robbers pumped
gas into the cage from a container
equipped with a rubber hose. The
robbers fed after trying for five
minutes to enter the Enclosure.