The Daily Alaska empire., 1942-12-10

 it is not necessary.
 Admits Mistakes
 Van Nuys said that Price admit ted many instances of mistakes il intercepting and copying parts o letters travelling in and out o the United States but attribute this largely to the inexperienc of the some l4,U00 employees the censorship service.
 The majority of the Committed Van Nuys said, disagreed witt Prices view and as to the Presi dents right as Commander-In Chief to censor mail between Al aska, Puerto Rico, Hawaii and tn United States.
 Price, when asked what the req son for the new bill was, if tn, President already has taken tn power of censorship between tn, United States and Territories over replied that he wanted explicit au thority in statutory form to pro tect his office.
 Van Nuys said that he objected to censorship between the United States and it's Territories because it indicated a tendency by thu agencies of the government to ig. nore the palpable intent of Con gress in passing the War Power! Act"
 No Legal Power
 Van Nuys said that Section 30; of the first War Powers Act spe. officially confined the Presidential authority to the censorship of com between the Continen. tai United States and foreigr countries.
 "I have no criticism of Prices nor of his desire to com ply with the requirements of Con. gress if he knows what they are, Van Nuys said.
 The Chairman of the Judiciary Committee said that all members of the Committee were in favor ol insofar as it prevent ed information from falling into the hands of the enemy that might be used against the United States but said that the Committee fell that there had been abuses.
 Gov. Gruening repeated his at tack on the abuses of censorship Van Nuys said, while Dimond "op- posed censorship of any charac' ter" regarding Alaska.
 That Excerpt Issue
 Senator Van Nuys said Price ex. plained that the circulation of ex- cerpts from censored letters among various Federal agencies was due to the interest of the FBI, fol in knowing whether de- fense workers in Alaska had any Subversive tendencies, and that oi the War Productions Board ano other agencies in the type of peo- pie they were sending to Alaska.
 Chairman Van Nuys also saic Price told the committee that ht corrected the practice of clipping certain items out of newspapers ol before letting them gC to Alaska and explained that ht was not aware this was going or until it was brought to his at. tention and since then there has been no clipping. He further saic he could not know everything that was being done in that respect until notified.
 Crazy Censorship
 Senator Ernest w. Mcfarland o1 Arizona revealed certain practice! of censors in the Seattle office He said one censored letter wa! brought to his personal attention This was a letter from woman in California written to her hus band who was working on a mili tary project in Alaska. This let ter merely asked her husband fo information as to how she coult join him in Alaska.
 Excerpts from Letters
 Chairman Van NuyS said tha when a letter was intercepted b, the censors they sent the excerpt to the FBI on the ground the F'B wanted to check all persons goint to Alaska and the WIPE desired tn, information as a background t. defense workers employed there.
 Van Nuys said he is impressed however, in the belief that "90 letters out of every 1000 letters going to and from Alaska con cerned purely personal domesti affairs"
 What in Hell
 Chairman Van Nuys demanded What in Hell is the US. spend ing lot of money for to intercep those letters?
 Senator George w. Norris, aske, by reporters whether he was sat isfied with the operation of censor ship as explained by Price, said No, No, No"
 Senator Norris further replie he was refusing to make an