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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-01-05
NEW CONGRESS-NEW HOPES

The 18th Congress of The United States as
sembles in Washington tomorrow. And the Ameri-
can people will soon know if their hopes of a
further fight against waste and extravaganza will
receive action.
Most of the war measures taken by the last
Congress have been approved by the American peo-
pie, but at the time, there has been in
creaSing amount of criticism.
Extravaganza in conducting the effort has
not been the least OF these. And this is the most
dangerous. If the American people feel. and many
of them do that their money is being wasted-even
in one agency-they not going to contribute as
generously they could.
One of the most generals criticisms in Alaska
concerns the $25oO00 which the OPA is spending
here. Many have asked why they should skimp
and save to buy war bonds if the money is to be
spent by a government which makes little attempt
to economic. We haven't been able to furnish
suitable
We know that it isn't enough to say that the
OPA, for instance, will the American people
many times the amount which it will spend in adj
mnisterng to its affairs. Because that is still
excuse for extravaganza. There is for
extravaganza.
If the OPA had at least conducted a brief in
vestgation of the Territorial facilities before setting
up new office, have proof that there was at
least one Territorial agency which would have
sumed the OPAs duties in Alaska for little if any
cost to the Federal government
And we know also that if the War Labor Board
had asked the new Commissioner of Labor to as
sumo the position of WLB representative for Alaska
"dolar-a-ye basis the new Commits
sioner would have gladly contributed his efforts.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-01-05
Topics Announced
For WC Discussion


A panel discussion on the sub
ject, Education for Democracy"
will be the Juneau Woman's Club
topic tomorrow at ISIS am. over
KINY, when Mrs Crystal Snow
JENNIE, Mrs. Thomas Parke and
Mrs. G. L. Popejoy engage in, an
animated, spontaneous discussion of
the subject.
For the following week a timely
discussion of THE Public Library
as a Means for Real, Democracy"
is scheduled, when local conditions
will be stressed, Mrs. Popejoy,
Education Department Chairman,
announces.
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Daily Lessons in English y |. GORDON

MISUSED: say, hope shall time
Say, hope lecture"
OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED: Fortnight fort-nt
NIGHT first syllable
MISSPELLED: Pendant
adjective; suspended
SYNONYMS Base basis foundation ground fundamental pn-
STUDY: a s yours"
Of
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-01-05
HOROSCOPE
"The stars incline
but do not compel"
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6

This is a changeable day in
planetary influences. Cautio n
should attend financial transac-
tions. Good news and rumors that
are alarming may alternate, but
benefic aspects dominate.
HEART AND HOME: In mil
lion homes there will be depress-
ing sense of the inevitable changes
that war causes in families. AS
parents of soldiers and sailors make
plans for l943 they will realize that
foreign service is to, affect tn e
American character in, extreme
ways. Many boys will be. developed
in the forging process of war and
will return as men of real power,
but this does not soften the pain
of knowing. that old ties will loosen.
There is sign read as warning
young folk who are married that
they must resist the temptation to
find companionship which will al
ter romantic loyalties.
BUSINESS AFFAIRS. Lack of
manpower will hamper many in
dustries where technical efficiency
is imperative, it is foretold, for the
building of the greatest army on
record is to be pushed with added
speed, if the stars are wisely read.
Women of all ages will be forced
into, shops and factories, for there
is a sign that seems to presage
the drafting of all who can con-
tribute to war needs. Grandmothers
long retired will return to occupa-
tons in which they were once ex-
pert, it is forecast. Pioneer steno-
graphers again will sit at type
writer's.
NATIONAL ISSUES. Subtle in
flatlonary influences will be wide
spread as workers begin the year
with full pocketbooks The stars
warn that despite Government
planning the cost of living will
rise in 1943 Price freezing will be
widely effective, but generous
spending will be prevalent among
young folk who are unframed in
the handling of large earnings.
Teachers of economics will be
sought by reformers who foresee
trouble in postwar times.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS:
London is under a sway that
promises financial improvement. A
heavy loss in a naval or air attack
is prognosticated Desperate meas
ures will be instituted by Hitler as
his power wanes and defeat is
foreshadowed The man who has
broken every pact will resort to
every possible treachery and bar
barism, if his, stars are wisely in
terpreted. Sneak attacks will be
numerous, especially on rural dis
tricts in England
Persons whose birthdate it is
have the augury of a year of up
heavals and surprising events. Fin
ancial ease will not be widely re-
Elected in domestic circles.
Children born on this day prob
ably will have good fortune which
brings them much travel and many
diverse experiences.
Copyright, 1943l
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-01-05
20 YEARS AGO f {yfr EMPIRE
JANUARY S, 1923

JANUARY
the Suko Farming Company.
Petersburg the meeting
the Alaska
the
follows Chief
Editor; Teca
Frances Messerschmidt,
Exchanges Gould Homqu
Glass
Perelle Reporters.
Faulkner who had been the back at
fellow
pupil o
Dudley
r F H. r
Mrs Finnegan, Terry Finnegan Williams
Odd Fellows
w Klbun Charles Sabm Cikey
Paul. Hugh McTaae Loken
Asplund
Mulvhn wife and two daughters Skagway their
way Princess Mary a
the
line Anita Phillips Capt Tay smashed against the
Port Snetsham in 80
730
aboard
the
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-01-05
LENSES REPLACED

DR.. Rae Lillian Cafison's office
in the Blomgren Bldg. will be
open for repairs and requirements
of broken lenses on Monday, We'd
nesday and Friday evenings only,
from to 1890 pm. No eye ex-
animation until Jan. Is. adv
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muted to life Imprisonment.

muted to life Imprisonment.
In the face OF these conditions,
the people of the islands have
reached low state of morale. Total
black-out starts at seven each night,
no car is allowed on the streets
after eight, and no pedestrians after
ten Meantime, in places where war
industries are carried on all night
there are lights to work by.
Copyright, 1912, by United Feature
Syndicate, Inc)
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PATRIOTS VS.. CRIMINALS

While civilians are urged to buy
war bonds and to contribute to blood
banks, as patriotic duty, the mill
tary governor Furnishes minor crimes
by forcing the guilty. TO buy bonds
or contribute their blood to blood
banks. This completely destroys the
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-01-05
FlODLNN LituOLIIL ROBERTA LEE

What would be the
% lis
A. Martha S White White"
necessary acknowledge Christmas cards?
A.
should
acknowledge receipt o
Isn't considered today dinner with
elaborate
A Yes
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-01-05
AUTOMOBILE OWNERS
ATTENTION

The 1913 Automobile License
Plates are now available and on
sale at the office of the City Clerk
The operation of motor vehicles
not bearing 1943 license plates is
prohibited after December 81, 1912
Eta MAE DUCKWORTH,
adv. City Clerk.
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LOOK and LEARN sy c. GORDON

L.
g.
low?
Who song Home Home?
f. What color
Where
ANSWERS:
l. About 100000
3. John Howard
A S a
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-01-05

There have been too many of these transparent
cases where politics. and not the furthering of
war effort and economy of administration, has been
the main incentive for appointments and creation
of agencies
The last Congress blithely created one agency
on top of another completely disregarded others
already in existence which useless as they
were wasteful
The new Congress has wide open field where
it can do lot of blowing under
John ODonnell of the New York Daily News
uncovered the following gem
1T takes 25 girls behind typewriters to put one
man behind the trigger in this war;, solemnly pro-
claims mathematical shark in the Office of War
Information in bolstering his request for type
writer's from private business With army of
100000 by the end of next year shall need
87,5o0,0oO girls pounding government typewriters-
which is pretty good going for nation of13000o0oo
From Newsweek Magazine:
Japanese spy was sent to Washington to spot
targets for a japanese raid After exhaustive
to bomb Washington. The American government
has been very forehanded If you completely de-
stroy one building and everyone in it, you accom-
plish nothing For they already have two other
buildings completely stated with people doing
exactly the same thing"
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Washington
Merry
6o-Round

Continued from Page One)
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TIDES TOMORROW

Coco leaves, which, have a mar
cotic content from which cocaine
is derived, have been grown and
chewed in Peru from early times.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1943-01-05

S. Graves Fox Farming Company
Petersburg
the Alaska Farmers
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Southbound passengers the Princess Mary included
lien r. F. Crete j. H. Cam Mrs j. H Cam P r. Bradley
IRIS. j. J. Finnegan, Terry Finnegan, D. J. Williams
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Jean Faulkner trip the States was
fellow
return
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fairly equal, length of service shall be the determining factor.
 Section 4. It is further agreed that the Employer shall not en- force any transfer jeopardizing an employees seniority.
 Article XVII - Military Service
 Section l. The Employers policy will be to comply with it's obliga- tions to the extent provided by the Selective Training and Service Act of 194O approved September l6, 194O, with respect to the re-em- ployment and seniority status of employees inducted into the land or naval forces of the United States in pursuance of said Act. However, the period for making application for unemployment shall be sixty days instead of forty days.
 Article XVIII Governmental
 Regulation
 Section l. The provisions of thiS Agreement shall be subject to all applicable laws, regulations and directive orders, state and federal, now or hereafter issued or enacted, and the interpretations thereof oy the appropriate governmental agency.
 Section 2. Any provision of this Agreement which requires the ap- proval or consent of the National War Labor Board, or other gov ernmental agency, shall not become effective until such approval or consent has been received and then shall become effective according to the terms of the provision includ- ing any retroactive date unless otherwise directed by the Board or governmental agency.
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Rate Per Hour

Each period snail consist of 1000 hours.
 (a) The Employer hereby agrees to make the Wage Schedule retroactive to July 23, 1943, except for employees whose employment for reasons other than military service prior to its approval by the National War Labor Board or other appropriate govern mental agency.
 (b) The Wage Schedule shall be subject to adjustments re- quired by the Shipbuilding Commission and the Nation al War Labor Board purSu- ant to the wage rate structure and job classified tion survey ordered by the National War Labor Board. Co The Employer hereby agrees that if approved a change In rate will reach the pay en-
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velope within four weeks after 1t has been initiated by the foreman, and further that 1t will be made retroac- tive to within two weeks of initiation. The Employer further agrees that when a change in rate Is rejected, the notice to the employee of such action shall reach him within four weeks of the time the change was 1n- itiated by the foreman. d) It Is mutually understood and agreed that the second and third shift employees shall receive seven per cent per hour above normal rates, figured to the nearest cent.
 (e) The Employer agrees that any employee who is ad- vanced from first-class to the rating of specialist or premium man" shall receive a seven cents per hour in- crease in pay.
 (D The Employer agrees that any employee required to work in dirty tanks or bilses in vessels undergoing
 repairs shall receive One
 Dollar addition compensa-
 tion for each shift, or any
 part thereof. Work In gas- free tanks is not to be con-
 sidered dirty work. Paint
 CTS working regularly with spray guns, or applying Bitu-
 mastic, Hermastic, or Bar
 rier Coatings inside the
 tanks, shall receive the ad-
 ditional compensation al- lowed for dirty work. (Sub- ject to amendmenD.
 (g) The Employer agrees that
 "laborers" and or "helpers" will not be assigned to the performance of tasks ordin-
 arily the duties of artisans
 except when they are being
 given the opportunity to
 learn in order to advance themselves.
 .rticle XV-Trial Crew Service Section l. It is mutually under ,od and agreed that service on al crews shall be voluntary and at nothing in this Agreement all be so construed as to limit o1 ridge the right of the Employer make individual agreements tn each member of the trial ews with respect to the terms o: 8 employment as such. (Subjec' Amehdment)
 Article XVI - Seniority Section l. Seniority is the right preference with reference t< emotion, lay-off, or re-hirinG aasured by length of service. Section 2. The purpose of se- ority is to provide a declared Hey of right or preference as tc emotion, lay-off, and re-hirine easured by length of service in cups.
 Section 3. It is agreed that in cases of re-hiring, promotion animation and lay-off, whenever i'll, ability and efficiency are
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use of the grievance forms shall re- main the same.
 Section 1. Union representatives before absenting themselves from their work shall obtain permission from their supervisor. Union rep resentatives attending Grievance Committee meetings as provided herein shall notify their supervls- ors reasonably in advance before leaving.
 Section 5. Union Grievance Committee members and members of the Union Executive Committee shall not receive pay from the En- ployer for time spent at meetings unless such meeting has been called only at the request of the Employer.
 Section 6. The settlement of grievances involving requests for wage adjustments shall be retro active to the nearest payday to the time when the Union repre- sentative presented the grievance if in the settlement of the griev- ance is Is determined that the employee should have had the wage adjustment when the griev- ance was presented.
 Section 2. It is mutually under stood and agreed that nothing in this agreement shall be so con- strued as to abridge the right of any individual employee or a group of employees to present grievances directly to the Employ CT.
 Article TX Strikes and LOck-Outs
 Section 1. During the life of the Agreement there shall be no lock- out on the part of the Employer, nor suspension of work on the part of the employees. This Agreement Is guaranty that there shall be neither strikes nor lockouts, and that all disputes will be settled as provided herein.
 Section 2. The Union agrees that there shall be no limit on, or curtailment of, production.
 Article x Union Activities
 Section l. The Union hereby agrees that it will take the neces- sary affirmative action to prevent any of it's members from carrying on Union activities on Employers property during working hours.
 Article XII Apprentices
 Section l. The Employer agrees upon request to confer once each month with the Union Apprentice Committee to discuss suggestions and recommendations concerning the operation of the Apprentice System.
 Article XII - Holidays
 Section l. The Employer hereby agrees that all employees shall be granted a normal days pay at their normal rate for the follow ing holidays, which shall be known as paid plant holidays: Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas and New Years.
 Section 2. It is mutually under stood and agreed that one and one half times normal rate" will be paid for any and all hours worked on plant holidays. It is further mutually understood and agreed
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Proposed Agreement
(ContinNed from PaRl Sixl

Section 3. In the case of any question involving the interpreta- ton of this Agreement or affecting employees of more than one de- partment, the first two steps of the grievance procedure shall be omit ted and the case shall be referred directly to the Personnel Depart mOnt as provided in Section 1, sub- paragraph e" hereof. All other steps and conditions, including the
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that any employees required to work on a paid plant holiday will rceive one and one-half times the normal rate" in addition to the normal holiday pay. Article XIII Incentive System Section 1. There shall be estab- lished and placed in operation general Incentive System for all employees. Compensation under this incentive arrangement will be based upon and will depend upon an increase in production. A schedule of events involved in the submarine building program will be issued once each month, three months in advance, as the monthly production goals. Such events as keel-laying, launching, readiness for trials and delivery will be the goals to be met. An incentive bo- nus of 10%o of the employees pay will be distributed monthly If all production goals are met. Failure to meet any of the monthly goals will result in payment of that por- ton of the incentive bonus which corresponds to the number of monthly scheduled goals which have been met. For each day, or portion thereof, of absenteeism for any reason, including tardiness in reporting to work of more than one-half hour, the rate for com- putting incentive pay will be re- duced by one percent d%).
 Section 2. A Machine Shop or Foundry employee already on premium pay arrangement will share in incentive pay only where the amount he would receive un- der the incentive plan exceeds the total premium pay received dur ing the month. In each such case the difference will be paid.
 Section 3. The results of this in- centive arrangement shall be re- viewed once every quarter to de- termine whether 1t shall be con- tinued.
 Article XIV - Wage Schedule Section I. It is mutually under stood and agreed that the Wage Schedule contained in this Article shall remain in full force and effect during the term of this Agree ment, except as otherwise provid- ed.
 WAGE SCHEDULE
 Normal Rates Per Hour Classification 1st Cl Ed Cl Sd CT Inspectors 1.37 1.28 1.20 Coppersmiths, Lofts
 men, Toolmakers 1.32 1.24 Ill Furnacemen, Weld
 CTS 1.27 1.20 III Anglesmiths, Boilermakers, Black smiths, Burners, Carpenters, Caulkers, Clippers, Conductors, Coremakers, Drillers, Electri- clans, Erectors, Generator Oper- ators (Acetylene), Joiners, Lo- comotive Engineers, Machinists, Molders, Painters, Pipefitters, Riggers, Riveters, Sheetmetal Workers, Shipfitters, Tank Test CTS, Toolroom Grinders:
 1st Cl 2d CT Sd Cl
 1.20 Ill 1.O5 Foundry Clippers,
 Furnace Strikers,
 Melters 1.12 1.O5 .97 Stagebuilders Ill 1.O5 Bremen (Coal&OiD
 Truck Drivers and
 Brakemen 1.O5 .95 Helpers 100 .91 Guards, Watchmen .95 .87 .61 Janitors, LaborerS,
 Matrons .81 Learners .81 .87 .93 .99 Clerical, 60, .66, Fl, .76, .81, .87,
 .93 .99, 105, Ill, 1.20. Apprentices:
 Period Rate Per Hour
 Beginners ---------------------- .6O
 End ---------------------------------. .66
 5th -------- .83
 9th ------------------------------- .88
 7th -----------.-------------.------ .94
 Each period shall consist
 of 1000 hours.
 (a) The Employer hereby agrees
 @o pooLo tho Wo0o Schedule
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was; who was able to put two
and two together and evolve a
theory; who was willing TO work
to prove that theory; who kept
everlastingly at it until he could
test it: who faced unknown dan
gers, mutiny, death itself. Ii
doesn't matter that the world he
found was not the world he ex-
pected to find. He proved his
point-the world was round. I'm
portanee lies not in the success
or failure of plan. Tits in be-
ing open minded, in having a plan
which will help many people
without hurting any, and in put
ting through that plan.
We have drawn from every
of all races, all creeds, all condi-
where for our heroes from all
races, all creeds, all conditions
of life. That is the strength
of America. Our new national
heroes are Americans though
their names proclaim them as
descendants of every nationality
race and creed. The important
thing is that, whatever the origin
of their immigrant ancestors
whether they came on the May
flower or an immigrant or slave
ship, they retain the one essential
characteristic which we set up as
an American ideal and revere in
each of them-courag to face
the un KIN wn and to carry
through.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1943-10-27
WHAT IS A
NATIONAL HERO?
BY Ruth Taylor

Our national heroes have been
many and of all nationalities. We
have sung their praises for years,
recited poems about them in our
school days, and celebrated in
more stirring ways the occasions
of their births ever since
But who we're our national he
roes? What did they represent?
The early ones, in fact, most of
our great heroes, were not Amer
leans by birth. They came from
overseas-and we're Of all peoples
and all nationalities. Early IN
our patriotic fervor the heroes
were alloeated to various groups
of new Americans - Washington
to the English, Crispus Attacks to
the Negroes, Lafayette to the
French, Won Steuben to the Ger
mans, and of course Columbus to
tue 4ldiA<tuG.
The average American thinks
of Italy as an old country, for
getting that the Kingdom of Italy
dates only from just before our
Civil War. For centuries before
that it was a motley of more or
less independent states, usually
at each others Threats. The re-
suit was that they fell victim to
the land grabbing tactics of the
former Austrian Empire, to be
united as men too often are, by a
common hatred of their Germanic
overlords.
Columbus was a Genoese by
birth-in the days when Genoa
and Venice between them ruled
the seas, fighting each other for
supremacy and making and un-
making the emporers at Constan-
tinople according to which city
was on top. But he came to this
country as a Spaniard and he
died Spaniard.
There has been too much stress
laid on nationality of birth and
not enough laid on common
ground of ideals. Columbus is
important to us not as Genoese,
or an Italian or a Spaniard, but
as a man who was able to seize
an idea-the belief that the earth
was round, the talk of old sailors
on the wharves at Genoa who told
of seeing land where no land
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1943-10-27
EAST MADISON
BRANCH YMCA
MEMBERSHIP GET-TO-
GETHER TO BE HELD

The program committee of the
East Madison YMCA is planning
a get-together for all new and
old members of the branch on
Monday, Nov. s, at s p. m. The
committee hopes that all the
members who can possibly be
present will turn out because the
committee hopes to outline its
entire program for the year. A
program of games, songs, fellow
ship, etc, is being planned for
this first meeting. The men serv-
ing on the program committee
are: P. S. Barnett, Bruce Rowell,
Al Smith, Irving Higgins, w. H