The Wrangell sentinel., 1945-09-14
THROUGH THE SENTINEL PERISCOPE

the visit of the House committee on Territories. Anchorage Bar As sociaaion was banqueting the visit ing Congressman. Veteran lawyer and politico George Grisby, bar president, was in fine fettle. Per haps a bit too fine. At any rate in his introductory remarks, George was telling the Congress men about some of the things we have in Alaska" in rather light vein, and, spying Governor Gruening down the table remark ed, and We even have carpetbag Governors"
 In rose Congressman John GiD- son of Georgia, an eX-distrlct at torney. The name "earpetbaggef' in Georgia is a fighting word. II dates back to the corrupt practices of the so-called carpetbaggers dur ing the reconstruction period after the Civil War. Congressman Gib- son was incensed and he said so. Tn Georgia, said he," we don't invite a man to our table and ln- suit him, as you have done with your Governor here tonight. For 10 minutes the gentleman from Georgia gave Postmaster GrlsDy A verbal lesson on how to treat guests.
 As Gibson sat down Gov. Gruen- ing rose to explain that carpet bagger does not mean in Alaska what it does in the south. It only means up here a man who comes from the Outside to take a polltl- cal job. The incident passed ana the banquet went merrily on US way until Postmaster GrlgsDy called upon w. c. Arnold, Manag- ing Director of the Alaska Canned Salmon industry.
 The canned salmon industry mas been in business for TO years, AT mold told the assemblage, ana Governors may come and Govern ors may go and Congressman may come and Congressmen may go hut the canned salmon industry will go on doing business.
 Congressman Paul Cunningham of Iowa was the next speaker. The gentleman from Iowa didn't appre- ciate the implication that the canned salmon industry was big ger than Congress and he said so. Said he:
 You. Judge Arnold, as member of Nhe canned salmon industry, ana We as Congressmen may come and go. other Governors may serve AL aska. but the Congress of the United States will go on forever. The eloquent Iowan, an able at- torney in his own right, proceed ed to verbally take Arnold apart for what he interpreted to be slight on the Congress of the United States.
 It may or may not be slgnlE- cant that canned salmcn's Arnold attended all the hearings before the Congressional committee rom Ketchikan to Anchorage, but fol- lowing the incident recited above he didn't attend the Fairbanks hearing; disappeared from the congressional scene like melting snow.
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 This is the way the anti-Gruen- ing crowd in the Senate are play ing their cards at the latest re- port. A letter containing charges and requesting the Governor re- moval was drawn up and circulat- ed to the various divisions Tor the signature of Senators. The boys had been given some sort ot as- surance that if 10 Senators signed the letter and sent it to the Pres- ident something would happen. The pressure was supposed to come from Nick Bez, the Gig liar bor. Wash, boy who made good in Alaska salmon, and who IS one of those individuals known as "friend of the Presidents. AL any rate, the letter was circulated and Senators Tolbert Scott, 0. D. Cochran and Frank Whaley or Nome, Senator Leo Rogge of Fair banks and Senators Ed Coffey and Grenold Collins of Anchorage are reputed to have signed it and thence it was dispatched to the First Division. That was six names and the boys needed 10. There are four Senators in the First Divl- sion, namely, Allen Shattuck or Juneau. Joe Green of Haines, Andy Gunderson and Norman Walker of Ketchikan. We haven't learned what happened in the First Division. Meanwhile, Bez, the politicos have it, was uspposed to 9get" Interior Secretary Harold l.. Ickes, Gov. Ernest Gruening, Director Ira N. Gabrielson of the Fish and Wildlife service and sun dry subordinates who might be undesirable. This whiskey, no