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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-17
LITTLE NATIONS OUT

Nothing was said about it at the
White House, but another original
u. S. proposal, planned for the Mos
COW meeting, was altered by Secre-
tary Hull after he got over there
This was the plan to have smaller
nations sit in with the Big Four on
the newly created Diplomatic Coun-
Gil. Behind this were. two ideas:
% 1t is only fair to permit CO.
operation by smaller nations; CD
Smaller nations, especially Latin
Americans, are usually to be found
on the more idealistic side and
backing up the U. S. A. In order to
mould public opinion and perman-
ent peace machinery we may need
a lot of small nation support.
Inside fact is that U. S. plans for
Moscow were taken up in detail
by Churchill and Roosevelt at the
Quebec conference and okayed. Sew
eral months previously, Sumner
Welles, then Undersecretary OF
State, had drafted the plan later
adopted at Moscow for an organiza-
ton for world peace. He had also
drafted the pledge adopted at Mos
COW that no nation shall use its
army in the territories of other ma
tons without joint consultation.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-17
WORKMAN IN JUNEAU

c. E. Workman. prominent bust
ness man, of Sitka, is guest at
the Baranof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-17
FROM THE INLET

Russell o. Nelson Of Excursion
Inlet is staying at the Baranof
Hotel
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-17
TWO FROM OKLAHOMA

Roy H. woodruff and r. C. Waller,
both of Durant, Oklahoma, are
guests at the Baranof Hotel.
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PILOTS HERE

Guests at the Gastineau Hotel
are H. L. Kaesemeyer and Glenn
billiard, pilots Of a commercial air.
line,
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FROM CoRDOvA

George Pittas of Cordova, is
spending few days in Juneau, a
guest at the Gastineau Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-11-17
The W ashington
Merry Go Round
By DREW PEARSON
tnaior Robert d. Allen on active duty)

WASHINGTON - T h Dug n TN
President was highly pleased at the
results of the Moscow meeting, there
was one point which surprised nm
In fact he expressed surprise ana
slight displeasure at recent cab
met meeting.
This was the fact that Secretary
Hull agreed to hold the meeting OF
the Big Four in London rather than
in washington.
This council will become the most
important international body in the
world. 1t will mould vital decis-
ions affecting the Allies and future
peace. Therefore, it had been or
iginally understood, before Mr.. Hull
left for Moscow, that this council
would function in washington, not
London.
In London, it was figured, the
Council would be too much under
the thumb of old world diplomacy,
would be dominated by the British
and Russians. FTDR has always re-
membered the way in which his old
chief, woodrow Wilson, had trouble
when he went to Europe. So he
wanted these initial maneuvers kept
in fresher New World atmosphere.
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Prisoners Of War Are
Helping 0ufinL Lumber
|ndustry;Under Guards
Second of Two Articles)
BY JACK STINNETT

WASHINGTON, Nov IT. = AL
though the farmers grain, cotton
and rice growers, particularly and
railroad maintenance employers got
first call on prisoners of war in
this country the way is now open
to pulpwood lumber growers and
mill owners to get their share, says
Donald NJ Rochester, chief train
ing officer of the U. S. Forest Ser
vice.
Thanks to training and safety
programs that Rochester has in
augurated for Forest Services Tim
Der Production War Program Gre
ferred to here as ''teepee- weepy')
pulpwood growers and mill owners
now can use semi-trained German
and Italian labor to cut their acres
and help out in the mills in any
of the Great Lakes states and other
states east of the Great Plains.
The Army has given clearance to
the Forest Service to use uniformed
district foresters as training direct
ors in the camps. Resistance on
the part of employers to use prison.
ers of war has SO far broken down
that such companies as Hollings-
worth and Whitney, with headquar-
tiers in Alabama; the Champion
Paper Co., of Texas; and Crossett,
of Arkansas, already are using war
prisoner labor, although the pro-
gram is less than weeks old.
Clearing the barriers of language
has been one of Rochester's great
est difficulties. He has done it by
sketches and posters made by
prisoner artists. 1t is explained
that an "axt' is an axe, sage"
saw; "klotz," log; a baum"
tree; a "wald,' forest; ETC., and
little sketches go with each.
Sometimes difficulties arise, as
when Rochester insisted that the
Germans learn to yell Timber"
when tree is falling. One German
sergeant insisted the word should
be, "Achtung" (attention.) Roches-
ter vetoed that. AS a result, don't
be surprised if you are in the south
ern pulpwood forests and see natives
scurrying at the cry of "Toombah.
Several things impressed Roches-
ter in his recent tour of the camps
The Nazi prisoners, he says, are al
most all of pattern: 10 to 80 years
old; around five feet, eight to nine
inches; ITO to 100 pounds in weight
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FIGHTING EQUIPMENT
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Nov.
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Several things impressed Roches-
ter in his recent tour of the camps.
The Nazi prisoners, he says, are al
most all of pattern: 10 to 80 years
old; around five feet, eight to nine
inches; ITO to 100 pounds in weight
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-05

of absentees quarterly with the AEanpower Commission, which in turn would turn them over to Selective Service boards.
 Tn this latter way, Secretary Knox said, only chronic offenders susceptible to the draft would be penalized. The other method, on it's surface, sounds better. The absentee is hit through his pocket and he's not likely to like 1t; but every other absentee will be in the same boat. The problem will have to be met in some fashion if abSenteeism continues at the alarming rate 1t has achieved.
 Naturally there are many legitimate causes for absenteeism. But it is also 8 pretty well known fact that indiffer- ence to the job at hand beyond the pay check is pretty prevalent among some plant workers Some of the main causes, however, as incompletely listed are, bad transportation, bad housing, monotony of jobs, time off for shopping, dentistry, care of children, dissipation, ard earning more money. You might be surprised also to learn that the rate of absenteeism is only half of what is was in World War I. It is generally admitted by those who have studied the problem that absenteeiSm is rather difficult to cope with or to handle.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-05
Current Comment

There could be no surer road to disaster, no surer means to bring. ing about unmitigated havoc in the future than for the United Nations to enter the post-war period as rivals and opponents in their com- mercial and financial policies, ratn- CT than as collaborators in Q com mon task.
 --Undersecretary of State Sumner
 Welles.
 More than 100, 100000 Chinese are now lterate. There are more people in China who are lterate than in any nation in the world except the United States.
 Wendell Willkie,
 The greatest development of the next 50 years will be the march of our civilization through the Pacific area. After the war there will be a substantial migration of Americans to Pacific islands. Many of the boys who fought there will want to make their homes tlrsre. just as many soldiers stayed on in the Philippines after the Spanish war.
 Rep. Warren Magnuson of Wash
 ington.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-05

These hourly wages refer only to wages in factories. Other wages in other busi- nesses, as is understood, have not had any appreciable jump. Taking it by the week statistics show from August 1889 to August 1922 the average weekly earn ings in manufacturing increased from $24.52 to $39.54. The increase in the average weekly 'take-home' earnings is due part to the longer work week and overtime payments, as well as to in- creases in the basic wage rates." The work week, as is pointed out, in 1889 was averaged at thirty-eight hours. This has increased in the factories, of course. By the law of averages however, it is shown that standards are raised of half the peo- pie of the country through wage increas- es, but the other half suffer accordingly, and therefore the worker who tasks an increase is asking an exemption" and thereby lets the rest of the world go by or take it on the chin
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-05
Work For The Towns

Recent action of the Legislature in exeinpting all servicemen and women from the Old Age Assistance tax, as well as making such exemption retroactive to 1940, has been praised in many quarters as the proper step to take and one con- Sistent with our general policy of releas- ing our men and women in the various branches of service from this type of governmental obligations. However, there's another side to the question that can't be very well overlooked. That's the financial picture of the cities and towns. It's one thing to grant such exemptions; it's another to reconcile the books.
 In a great many instances there will have to be refunds by municipalities and towns to men and women who, although in service in the past two or three years, continued to pay their Old Age taxes or they were paid by some other member of their families. All such payments must now be returned. This in itself will be quite task and will require a lot of checking and rechecking to determine the number of persons in service who actually made the payments during the period from 1940 to the present time.
 Some city officials are asking where they will get the money necessary for such refunds as most budgets are already set up and operating with no provision in them for refunds on Old Age Assistance taxes. That certainly is true in the case of Waterbury, whose financial agents will consequently be required to figure out ways and means of reimbursement with out upsetting the budget. It may be, of course, that Waterbury won't fare so badly in this respect as in past years the late Mayor Vincent A. Scully was inclined to regard service with the armed forces as valid excuse for non-payment and conse- quently granted exemptions.
 But up in Hartford officials claim that their levy this year will be cut at least $24,O00 by reimbursementS, with general agreement that no estimate of what should be returned on the 1941 list will be available until complete check-up can be made. No one begrudges the exemption granted the Servicemen, but officials do point out that this may result in serious disarrangement, tempor- arily, of municipal and town budgets.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-05

think" his sister asked, "that God always wants our best?" "Yes," re- piled young Nietzsche, always, al- ways"
 He was later to put into an evil philosophy everything he had of energy and enthusiasm, and the world lies in ruins today because Germany has followed that philos- ophy. There was something in Nietzsche's heart which told him that the enterprises in life which are really worth while demand our best. As a child, under the influ- ence of a pious house, he felt that God demanded his best and was troubled when he sent off to the missionaries an old toy instead of a good one. The time came when he forgot about God and remembered Him at times only bitterly to de- nounce all spiritual objectives. He felt that his country demanded his all and that the demands of the spirit were in conflict with the de- mands of his country.
 Nietzsche started life well, but he got twisted in his thinking. put- ting Caesar first and Christ second. and at last insisted passionately that only Caesar and his demands needed to be considered.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-05
Butter RationinR

The OPA official most vitally interested has said publicly that "rationing of but ter is inevitable" adding that i've our selves don't know when, however. OPA is now studying methods of rationing butter"
 Butter is going to be hard to control, because it does not necessarily flow through any natural bottleneck where it can be held up and apportioned. Any body who has one or more COWS can make butter. Dairy regions can make the enforcement of any rationing plan difficult.
 But this situation is not new. It has been apparent for many months that butter would have to be rationed, and all the inherent difficulties were known. To an outsider, it seems bit late right now for the OPA to be merely studying methods"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-05
The Greater Menace

During the first IA months of Ameri- can participation in lnistorys most deadly war, more than five times as many work men were killed by accident as fighting men by bullets and bombs. The number of workers injured almost equaled the total strength of the greatest army this nation ever put together.
 It's an old story-isn't it?-about the tragedy and wastefulness of accidents. You're getting pretty sick of hearing it.. So are we. But there were 100000 acci- dental deaths in the IA months after Pearl Harbor, of which half were of workers needed to supply men in uni form -..
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-05

power or one which is about to be defeated.
 The dilemma of Finland has not been dissipated by the growth of peace sentiment within the state. This dilemma is not wholly @ prod. uct of Russian demands for Finnisl territory, nor wholly because of Ger
 man pressure, nor is 1t due to tn, inability of the western Allies ta furnish guaranties to Finland. Al of these interact: they are bound h confuse the issues during the con duct of @ great war. The search foI military security based on bound aries and the possession of strategic points cannot succeed as Q peace. time policy, yet 1t is an inevitable concornitant, as 1t is a cause, of war. Finland could have beer. spared her unhappy role in the present strug. gle only by system of internatione al security. Once th:t system, at- tempted by the League of Nations broke down, Russia went in searcf of strategic boundaries at FinlandS expense; Finland now seeks thG same end-and "the war will be continued" 4
 Thus the only ultimate salvation for Finland and the other small powers will rest in the creation o. other safeguards against war than those of the individual strength oi any one nation or the strength ot competing coalitions of nations. And since the problems of the small na- tions and those of the large differ only in degree Flnland's dilemma is the worlds dilemma.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-05

Despite heavy living costs the average factory worker has Improved his living standard-his purchasing power in goods and services-41.4 percent in more than three years of war, so it is stated. A stu dy of this has been made by a statistical group on war incomes, wages and living costs. Before the war broke out that is about August, 1889, average hourly earn ings were sixty-three cents. They began to rise in 1940, and in December of that year they were averaged at sixty-eight cents. Came 1941 and 1942, and as closely as can be figured from charts relative to wages in factories, the figure arrived at, is ninety cents an hour.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-05
RELEASING SKILLED WORKMEN

Machine tools are still consid- cred tight, though the industry produced SIS billion worth of new equipment in 1922, which was near- ly double the production of 194l and nearly 10 times production of 1888.
 Nevertheless, the machine tool in- dustry itself looks forward to con- version of part of It's capacity to the direct production of war materi- als, making available before the end of 1943 some of It's facilities and trained manpower. Many of the re- assigned contracts might thus find their way into the machine tool in- dustry, as well as into smaller war plants and bigger plants with some idle capacity.
 On its face, the Nelson-Wilson team at the top of the War Produc- tion Board looks good to Washington better than any previous set-up. The men are two of kind, speak the same language. If they put over ttTsir new plan of overall schedul- ing of war production and reassign- ment of contracts. the Washington battle of production can be consid- cred as licked, and the war effort can get on to what Gen. Brehon Somervell, commanding the Services of Supply, considers its next phase the battle of distribution.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-05
One Item Overlooked

State Senator William H. Mortensen of Hartford introduced a resolution in the Senate this week in which he called attention to the transportation problem within the industrial centerS of Connecti- cut. His resolution called on the Public Utilities Commission to report by March 20 on what is being done throughout the state to relieve congestion on our busses and other means of city travel. The question is a most pertinent one and should be given the utmost considera- tion by the Hartford solons, because with out an adequate transportation system this state will find itself floundering badly before very long.
 Among the various items mentioned in the MortenSen resolution were trans ferral of vehicles to this state for bus purposes; use of private automobiles for jitney purposes; further staggering of work hours to prevent congestion at rush hours; rerouting of bus lines where feasible to provide more direct tranSpor- tation to defense plants; education of children and shoppers in use of buSSeS at hours when they are not apt to be crowded. We note one important point that Senator Mortensen didn't stress, namely, manpower.
 Busses have to be operated and serv- iced, much more so today with longer routes and longer hours in service with the consequent wear and tear on the vehicle itself. All of which adds up to a consid- erable item of manpower and the trac- ton companies apparently are having some difficulty in meeting it. It cer- tainly should be considered when the general subject of transportation comes up for serious discussion. We know what bus conditions in Waterbury are and presume that they are much the same wherever the war effort is being pushed as strenuously. No solution can come without true and complete analysis of the factors contributing toward dislo- cation of adequate and efficient service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-05

Nothing can ever detract from the long-vieW record of Roosevelt as Q great war leader. But in winning the war, Roosevelt's great est danger is that he may lose the battle at home not for himself, not for the Democratic Party (which are not impOrtant) but for the hopes and ideals of the American people.
 There is nothing so dangerous as repeated disillusionment. And If the American people were to suf- fer the same shattered hopes again as after the last war; If they were to see their permanent peace dreams go up in smoke; If they were to experience the anguish of another depression, and the hatreds of violent internal wrang- ling, then our political system might not weather the strain.
 That Is why some of the Presi- dents friends wish, and have tact fully suggested, that he follow Abraham Lincoln's example of de- voting more time to domestic problems. The war, they feel, is well under way. The main spade- work has been done. It is no longer necessary to watch all the details. Meanwhile a lot of dis agreeable politics has been going from bad to worse for lack of Roosevelt's masterful touch.
 ABE LINCOLN's POLITICS
 Lincoln, faced with a tragic war and Q difficult home front, divided his time between them. He lis- tened patiently to almost every 'disgruntled politician with an axe to grind, struggled to keep his po-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-05

welt could not afford--the first defeat of its kind since the Civil War. And 1t set 8 precedent. The senate now knows its strength and is challenging many White House appointments.
 ROOSEVELT'S WAR CABINET
 Tn 1883 Roosevelt's Cabinet was selected with extreme care to represent every section of the elec- torate. There was George Dern of Utah as Secretary of War, rep resenting western Democrats; Homer Cummings of Connecticut representing New England; Henry Wallace, secretary of Ag- riculture to represent midwest farmers; Cordell Hull to represent Yree-traders of the South; Jim Farley to represent Irish Catho- lies; and Ickes of Illinois to rep- resent liberal Bull Moose Repub- licans who voted for Roosevelt.
 It was a cabinet carefully cal- culated to give the President poe ltical strength = picked in the days when FDR was interested in keeping the people with him.
 But his present cabinet is .
 patchwork quilt, built at ran-
 dom. It is neither renowned for administrative ability nor gives him political strength with
 the country. Only two men, Cordell Hull with the Democra-
 tic Party, and Harold Ickes
 with the Bull Moose liberals, still carry the political weight
 for which they were originally selected.
 The manner in which the Ad- ministration Is being showed all over Capitol Hill, the increasing glee with which Congress is running the executive by the sim pie expedient of curtailing funds, all indicate that Abe Lincoln was right, and that Roosevelt has got to give more time to disagreeable Senators than to Harry Hopkins, if he, Is to have the peace after the war = the only thing we are really fighting for.
 Copyright, 1943, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-05
Absenteeisna

Absenteeism has become more preva- lent of late than sit-down strikes. There is decided increase in abSenteeism, it is said, in the war production plants. Secretary Knox told the Naval Affairs Committee this week that the best way to get at the chronic absentee was to hit him fin his pocketbook". He favored this as against the more stringent method of the pending wOrk-or-fight bill which would require industries to file reports
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-05
Your Health
 By Dr. William Brady
A ROAD TO HAPPINESS


 Your contributions to our happi- ness (writes reader) have been irnmeasurable. I have just been turning solnersaults leach days calisthenics should be begun and rounded of with . few somersaults) which make me feel glowing and awake. We eat plain wheat, take our iodin ration and swear by belly breathing. My husband has all his teeth, although he didn't own a tooth brush until he was sixteen years old. (Tooth brushing has nothing to do with saving the teeth, in my opinion). His parents and all eight brothers and sisters have all their teeth, too, which probably is the result of being turned out in the sunshine practically naked dur. ing childhood and eating generous ly of milk, cheese, ttirnipS, cabbage, beans, peas, eggs and oatmeal Now that, I'd say, Is good hygiene). AL though they did not eat plain wheat as cereal, his mother used dark wheat flour because 1t was less ex- pensive than refined white flour in SAAOSC 0AJOs WC Sat bOukS Ok Lk1G vitamin tablets every day (tablets of D and B-complex to supplement the diet).
 The lady goes on to say she oc- casionally gives her husband cus- ard or apple pie, as she thinks the activity of his work warrants 1t, but as housewife she herself for- goes 1t. But. brothers, don't let that scare you oh-the lady Is right again. for if you work or play hard there is no reasonable objec- tion to pie in your diet. Likewise for the housewife who does her own housework.
 The more strenuous course of military training is fine for young men, but Q milder, yet faithfully followed course of self discipline is adapted to the requirements of most adults over 35. repeat, this is likely to bring improvement in health to most persons and unlike- ly to do any harm in any case.