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Evening star., 1945-04-26

SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, April 25.-
As the United Nations Conference on
international Organization opens today,
it has little of the semimilitary atmos-
phere of other conferences which have
preceded it.
Very few nations have brought high
ranking military or naval advisers with
their delegations, though almost all have
brought comparatively junior officers
who function at the planning level.
Yet it may be truly said that this con-
ference meets to decide the greatest
military issue which mankind has ever
faced: How shall humanity escape de-
struction by the terrible weapons which
the human brain has created?
This threat and this urge underlie all
that is being done and said, here,
whether by the hopeful majority or the
cynical minority. In matters Of detail,
too, there are military factors to be
considered. Their extent has not perhaps
been generally recognized.
Take, for example, the ticklish prob
lem OF Poland. 1t seems to me that
case can be made on purely military
grounds for the Russian action in rec
ognizing the Lublin Committee as the
provisional government of Poland. The
Russian armies were, when this recog-
milton was accorded, about to move for
ward in great strength across Polish ter
ritory. Such an operation must be
launched and conducted in accordance
with military considerations; 1t cannot
be delayed by political difficulties.
It was Just as essential to the Russian
generals tc know that their lines Of
communication would be secure and that
the civil administration Of their rear
areas would be in friendly hands, as it
was for the Anglo-American armies to
have this assurance in North Africa. In
North Africa our commanders took steps
to this end which have subsequently
been severely criticized on political
grounds, but which proved effective
enough for the military purposes which
they were intended to serve.
. 1T is quite conceivable that the Rus
sian high command, ready to start the
great offensive rolling forward across
Poland may have represented to its po-
litical superiors that something had to
be done in the matter of getting Polish
government which could function efiec-
lively in the field of civil affairs in the
territory through which the Russian
armies intended to pass and through
which they would presently be receiving
their supplies.
The result may prove no more satis-
factory from the long-rangs political
Evening star., 1945-04-26

role Of our British and American
bombers thus clearly assumes . very
great size among the many other
forces responsible for the Allied VIC
tory now being won in Europe.
OF itself, of course, our air power
could not have defeated the Nazis,
but if we had not had 1t, or II it
had been deficient and failed to
achieve what it has achieved, Hitler
and his continental fortress prob
ably would have been able to hold
out indefinitely against us. That is
the best measure of the decisiveness
of our aerial might. Without it the
free world might well have been lost.
Evening star., 1945-04-26
AFL Complaint

II the American Federation of
Labor has it's facts straight, there is
considerable merit to it's complaint
that the AFL has been Disseminated
against in the matter of labor repre-
sentation at the San Francisco Con-
ference.
The AFL wanted to send the men,
bers of its executive council to the
conference to act as spokesmen for
its constituent unions. But the State
Department. according to the AFL
Weekly News. ruled that accommo-
dations could be provided for but
two representatives. That was ac-
cepted as final because the depart
ment was handling all arrange
ments for transportation to the
West Coast. which meant. in prac-
tical effect, that no one could 60 to
the conference without State De-
partment approval.
Later, however, the AFL heard
that large delegation of officials
of the Congress of Industrial Organ
izations and representatives of for
eign labor groups would be in at
tendance when the United Nations
sessions opened. AFL President
William Green went again to the
State Department and, according to
the Weekly News. was told emphati-
cally by Secretary Stettinius that no
more than two representatives of
the CIO would be provided with
transportation by the department,
and that no other Government
agency could arrange transportation
A week later, however, a group of
more than thirty CIO and foreign
labor officials left Washington for
the West Coast in two special rail-
road cars.
Naturally. the AFL, which claims
to represent 100000 American
workers, is in a mood of resentment.
And since the State Department will
want the support of the AFL in this
matter, 1t would seem-barring some
adequate explanation-that apolo-
gles are in order.
Evening star., 1945-04-26
At San Francisco
From the Ottawa Journal.

from the OTTAWA journal.
With nations realizing that another
world war must mean world suicide,
the leaders at this conference can
hardly afford failure. They will know,
too, that their task is not merely to
devise ways and means of making Ger
many keep the peace. Germany will
have to be dealt with and Japan dheir
future will be determined largely by
the peace conference to come later,
but sensible statesmen must know that
little will be gained by making Ger
many keep the peace If other nations
are allowed to break it. A warlike
France was at one time as evil as a
warlike Germany, and warlike Russia
or Britain would also be evil. The ques-
ton, therefore, the thing to come from
San Francisco, is whether these nations,
now allied, will be compelled to see
through the force of world opinion and
world longing for peace that they must
not wage war among themselves,
Evening star., 1945-04-26
When Peace ShuIl Come

I hope lDhen peace shall come again
That Twilight passes through each
totDn
To lay cool hands on cldmor's throat
And dro,o the shades OF silence dotcn.
And let the hungry hearts long since
GroDn lean on SORROWS bitter husk,
Behold a star OF promise pinned
Upon the mantle OF the dusk.
Let no light song or laughter break
Like glass against the spening air:
Lst peace be met NTH gratitude
Be arelconsed homs NTH silent prayer.
NEZ CLARK THOR0ON.
Evening star., 1945-04-26
Pride in Canudu

From the st. GATHERINGS Standard.
In her many achievements Canada has
been primarily pioneer. We attempted
and brought to successful conclusion
labors that made the world wonder at
their audacity and magnitude. Cana
dians have not ceased to be trail blazers;
it has been a tradition for us to be in
the van. Today our faith in our country
is unshakable, and 1t Is this faith that
is destined to lead us to hitherto un-
scaled heights. Without such q feeling
of confidence our great national re-
sources would avail US little, for to pry
from even lavish nature the treasures
Of the earth a Yirile race IN needed.
Evening star., 1945-04-26
Dissents From Editorial

Dissents From Editorial
To the Editor Of The Star:
The Star and the Department of JUS
tice have both become the victims of
loose reporting. In your editorial IN
suit to Injury" on April % you COM
ment upon the insult" of the Attor-
ney General sending a representative
to hearing of a Senate Judiciary Com
mittee on the nomination of United
States marshal for the District of Co.
lumbia ito testify that there was no
purpose in going outside the District
of Columbia to find man except for
the unfortunate fact that no qualified
candidate from the District was found
The Attorney Generals representa-
tive, A. Dewitt Vanech, said nothing
of the kind. The official record of the
hearing quotes Mr.. Vanech page I'D
as follows: "The Attorney General, In
making his recommendation of Mr..
Matthews, considered all the candidates
who were listed for the position and It
was not with the purpose of going out
of the District Of Columbia because the
Attorney General tried to select a man
from the District of Columbia, but un-
fortunately none Of them came up to
the qualifications that Mr.. Matthews
had"
And again on page 16: II think the
District people and others were actively
lined up behind just one man who, I
believe, was 68 years Of age and could
only put in part time as marshal, and
If they had submitted list of names
OF men who were qualified, we would
have been very glad to have considered
them. ="
In other words, the department full
filled its proper function by investigat-
ing the qualifications of every one who
applied or who was recommended for
the job by making its own recommends
tion on the basis of such investigation.
Mr.. Vanech was thus neither disin-
genuous nor intellectually dishonest In
reporting the simple fact that Of all
the persons who had applied or been
recommended Mr.. Matthews proved,
upon investigation, to be best qualified.
Mr.. Vanech did not assert that no resi-
dent OF the District was or could be
found because finding" candidates is
not the function of the Department of
Justice.
It seems to me that in all fairness a
correction Of The Stars editorial is in
order. CHARLES MALCoLMSoN,
Director Of Public Relations, Depart
ment Of Justice.
Evening star., 1945-04-26
CumoufIuqe

From the Victoria Times.
A wife IL person who thinks any
hide removing sarcasm Is polite II she
inserts the word darling"
Evening star., 1945-04-26

Penologists agree that criminals
should be kept occupied. And if
they are war criminals. the same
thing applies to their country.
Evening star., 1945-04-26
Protests Shipping Older Soldier

To the Editor Of The Star.
I wish to register protest against
the latest policy Of the War Depart
ment in sending overseas men IS and
above.
At time when war conditions would
warrant the discharge Of the older men,
these men now are being singled out
for shipment overseas with the Army of
Occupation for Germany. But the ma
jority of these older men have family
obligations far greater than those of
the younger soldiers, and in addition
generally are in poorer physical con-
dition. MRS. HELEN MEYERS.
Evening star., 1945-04-26
Letters to The Star
Readers Differ on Punishment
OF Germans Regardless

To the EDITOR OF The Star:
1t is deplorable to read the suggestion
of Maj. George Fielding Eliot in The
Star of April 81 to the effect that q
German civilian should be executed for
every American soldier that Is mur-
dered or dies of i'll treatment as q
prisoner of Germany.
OF course, any individual German,
whether soldier or civilian, who is
proved to have brought about the death
of a prisoner unjustly, whether by posi-
tive action or by culpably neglecting
to care for him, can be punished justly
to the full extent of the law. But to
propose that we kill person because
his fellow-citizens committed murder,
irrespective of whether or not this per-
son participated in the crime, or
merely on the presumption that he
could have prevented 1t, is rejection
of the first principles of justice and
decency 1t is an approval of the in
human brutality that we are trying to
drive out of the world. 1t is very illogi-
cal to defend such a procedure while
hurting condemnations at the Germans
because they kill the relatives of those
who desert the Nazi party.
REV. FRANCIS j. CONNELL.
C. IS. r., S. T. D.,
Associate Professor of Moral Theology,
Catholic University of America.
To the Editor of The Star:
Now that we civilians back home are
learning of the atrocities of the Ger
mans, it is time to do something about
them. If we sit back and politely look
at the evidence our fighting men and
Congressman and women are seeing
first hand and then quickly put it from
our minds, then We will be turning
against all that our loved ones are
giving their lives for. The Germans
deserve to suffer for their crimes and
not suffer just by digging graves or by
being imprisoned. They deserve to be
killed-civilians and military personnel
alike. Maj. George Fielding Eliot's idea
that German officer should be killed
for every American that has died in a
prisoner-o -of-war camp is good But what
about the members of the SIS troops
who aren't officers? They deserve
punishment by death also for the many
prisoners whom they have starved be-
yond hope Of recovery.
Our fighting men feel the contempt
Of the Germans toward Americans for
their "softness." 1t Is good that the
Russians did ask for occupation of
Berlin for they know what the Germans
have done to the Russian people and
thus can act with justice. MRS. WB.
Evening star., 1945-04-26
CHARGES Contract Breach

CHARGES Contract Breach
To the Editor Of The Star.
The OPA announcement that present
valid oil coupons will expire August 81
Is alarming. Prudent users of oil for
heating their homes have used the
greatest care in conserving their sup
plies as form Of protection against an
unusually cold season. Great efforts are
being made by some branches of our
Government to ward against imitation
The action of the OPA in regard to the
oil coupons and the earlier cancellation
OF valid food coupons constitute def
mite moves in the opposite direction and
encourage the public to buy to the limit
and avoid savings of every kind.
1t is a foregone conclusion that unless
the Administration as a whole stops
these violations of its contracts with
individuals, we we'll may feel that our
life insurance and other forms of pro-
lection are due for invalidation
n 2 w
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-31
POSTWAR WORRY SAID CAUSE OF
 CHURCHILL GUST
Senate Duo Urges Employ menf Legislation to Pre-
 serve Capitalism

WASHINGTON, July 31 Two Senators, urging passage of legis- lative employment program, asserted today the Churchill government was busted in England by an electorate fearful of postwar idleness.
 Chairman Wagner CD.-N.Y), op- ening Banking Committee hearings on the measure, declared that the war weary" British were not sat- isfied that the government in power was sufficiently resolute in it's de- termination to achieve postwar full employment"
 50, they have elected another government which is pledged to that purpose" he said.
 Senator Murray D.-Mont) ob- served that the British seem to have turned toward Socialism as a possible solution of their problems of domestic reconstruction.
 Tn the days to come" he said, q can see nothing but conflict and re- elimination for capitalism in Am erica unless we provide a program which will insure employment op- portunities for all Americans whe are able and willing to work"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-31
(0p5TEAD, BATES BUY MARKET OF
 WILBUR IRvING5

MT. and Mrs. Wilbur Irving today announced the sale of Irving S Whing Ding Market to Roald Cop stead and Harold Bates, owners of the Twentieth Century Meat Market. The new owners took possession to- day and will operate the store under the name of the Twentieth Century Market.
 Copstead said that the store will be completely renovated and rebuilt at a cost of $25,000 Cold rooms and freezing rooms will be installed for the storage of fresh produce and meats. The Twentieth Century Meat Market will be moved into the new store, where it will become the meat department of the market and will te operated on the same large scale as in the past.
 Ccpstead said the new cold storage facilities will be the most complete and finest in Alaska, enabling a steady supply of fresh produce at all times. The present grocery depart nent will be expanded.
 The transfer, Copstead said, in- cludes complete and separate dock facilities which were operated by the Whing Ding Market and storage space for staples to insure steady supply.
 Romcdeling of the store is to begin at once. but business will be carried on as usual
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-31

body would have quasi-official standing
 We want the Council to have a part in the proceedings" he declar- cd; to which the Mayor replied that the Council wanted no part of them. On that note the meeting almost broke up.
 Compromise Reached
 The final agreement was a com premise in which the Council held to all it's prerogatives at Board of Equalization but made some con- sessions to the Taxpayers Associa- ticn
 That the City will pay the freight for a committee which can help dissatisfied assesses in pre- senting their positions.
 2-That the committee of three selected will have the ear of the Council when it sits as Board of Equalization
 3-That the committee will have the cooperation of the City Hall staff in going over the assessments, as long as it restricts it's inquiries to grievances.
 On the other hand:
 Tine Council will not be bound to accept findings of the commit tee
 2-Where no complaints are lodg- cd, assessments will not be open to consideration by the committee even if they should find some they might consider too low. This was not directly stated, but was inn piled in limitations placed on the committees actions.
 3-The Council, as a Board of Equalization, will also give ear to evaluator Howard s. Henretta's views regarding assessments he has get.
 A reading of the City's contract with Eyaluator Henretta was the dir ect cause of another high point in last evenings session. The con- tract provides that valuation shall be reached through estimates of re- placement values of structures, de- termined by cubic contents, with depreciation allowances.
 Absolutely Vcid
 To this formula former Federal Judge Simon Hellenthal took strong exception, declaring: T believe that any assessment made according to that contract would be absolutely void" He pointed out that the con- ifact provides for consideration oi replacement costs only, which, he said. is only one of several factors necessary to consider in arriving at actual values. His statement brought loud applause from the nearly filled Council Chamber.
 It was also brought out that Hen- retta's contract, on which he has already Eeen paid the full agreed
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-31
TULik TURNS TOUGH. ARMY TO MOVE
Worlds End Largest Vol- (ano Crater Threatens
 Umnak Island Base
By Olen Clements Associated Press War CorrcspondenD


 UMNAK, Alaska, July 23-De- layed)-Old Mother Earth, ordi- narily a docile old soul, grumbled way down deep,
 Hot volcanic ash Jumps of 1000 degrees centigrade temperature shot a thousand or more feet into the air from the huge eight-mile crater which is called Tulik for want of an official name.
 Mariners at sea in nearby Cher nofski Bay were startled. Soldiers on land cast apprehensive glances at the smoking crater near Tulik Mountain.
 Everybody made ready to run for their lives. The Army formed nasty plans to evacuate the soldiers. But TO hot lava came boiling down the mountainside, on this island in the Aleutians
 Mindful of the. last big eruption in this area, when Katmi Volcano of the Alaskan Peninsula rumbled in 1912 and formed what is now known as the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, the Army sent out call for an expert to look over the crater.
 In six days, Dr. Howell Williams of the University of California Geology Department showed up. He had been surveying rambunc- tious Paricutin Volucan in Mexico for two years.
 Dr. Williams made several trips to the area of activity, braving the molten lava and the flashes of fire that illuminate the sky at night.
 Finally he pronounced the crater safe for the time being. He said 30 to 40 feet a minute of hot lava is flowing in the active cone but that it. showed no evidence of oyerflowing the eight-mile crater bowl.
 But" he added, "there is no possible way to determine the length of time the present flow will continue, because there are no previous records upon which to base an estimate"
 So the Army is taking nc chances. An emergency evacuation plan has been laid out to remove speedily the men stationed Is miles from this, the so-called second largest crater in the world, if a violent eruption should come.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-31
Former ]! Kid" 5tar
 Geis AAF Release

INDIANAPOLIS, July 31 It Jackie Coogan, co-star with Char ley. Chaplin in the silent movie 'The Kid" was enroute today to a separation center at Santa Ana Calif., to be released from the Army Air Corps.
 Coogan took part in one of the commands daring missions - the glider landing of U. s. Engineers and British Indian troops 160 miles behind Japanese lines in North Central Burma in March, 1944. The operation opened the way for clear ing the Japs from Burma.
 Coogan, who has been in the Army since 1941, wears the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, and the Presidential Unit Citation.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-31

price of S11 $50. does not require him to be present to assist the Board of Equalization. The Mayor stated that Henretta has verbally agreed to SO assist, without additional charge, and that the evaluator is due to return to Juneau this Friday.
 The Board of Equalization ses- sions open here next Monday eve ming at 8 o'clock. The City Ordi- nanoes provide that the Council shall sit as an Equalization Board from the first Monday in August of each year for period of not less than four nor mors than seven days; not less than two hours each day.
 The Council stated it's willingness to receive any suggestions that will aid it in hearing all assessment complaints during the period all lotted.
 Stabler Cites Law
 City Attorney Howard D. Stabler strongly supported the Council in it's stand against the original pro- posal of the taxpayers, citing the Territorial law which sets forth how assessment valuations shall be ar rived at.
 There should be no complaint, he declared, if each and every person with an assessment grievance re- ceives a fair hearing by the Council On his own specific case. He stated that comparison with assessments on neighboring properties would not have to enter into decision, that the Councils outlined duties are simi- lar to these of a jury; hearing evil dence presented to it, then reaching decision on values. Evaluator Henretta has made out his case, the taxpayer may bung in rebuttal. Tie next session of the City Coun- cil will be held this Friday evening, the first regular August meeting, when the Mayor is expected to bring in his revised city budget.
 Tax Rate Talk
 Only once last night did discus sion swing around to matters con- cerning the actual tax rate to be set. The Mayor revived statements made by Taxpayers representatives last Friday evening that there would be nc objection to the maximum 20- mill tax levy if values were equaliz- ed.
 Dr. w. F. Blanton replied that the statements still stand as long as values are truly made uni form and are not inflated. But, he added, If the City can't operate at the full rate on actual values, the City had better retrench."
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-31
TIME TO CELEBRATE

ST. CHARLES, Mo. The St. Charles jail may be opened for in- spection for the first time since it was built in 1911. The place is with cut prisoner for the first time in 34 years, said Sheriff Lester Plack- meyer.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-31
OFF COLOR

TUCSON, AriZ.-Dr. F H. Gelder- mann says his 48 white hens are ex- changing suspicious, dark glances. An identified member of the flock recently laid black egg.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-31
HOSPITAL NOTES

c. H. Stringberg has entered St Ann's Hospital for medical atten- tion.
 Marshal Erwin underwent ton sillectomy at St. Ann's Hospital yes terday.
 w. W. Long has been admitted to St. Ann's Hospital for surgery.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-31
DOUGLAS HERE

Roy Douglas has arrived in town from Fairbanks via Pan American World Airways, and is a guest at the Baranof Hotel
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-31

Juneau Lumber Mills have several thousand feet of logs on Douglas Island beach near Douglas Bridge, Will pay reasonable sum to par ties delivering logs to sawmill.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-31

WANTED Someone to care for g. year-old child. Mothers working hours 9 a. m. to 6 D. m, Phone 203.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-31

WANTED-House or two-bedroom Apt. Call Thomas Hardware.
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Any one cylinder gasoline engine including washing machine. Phone Green 759.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-31
COUNCIL VOTES TO C0MpR0MISE
 ON VALUATIONS
City Will Foot Bill for Com mittee 10 Survey
 Grievances

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WANTED = Talented young lady for part-time work in connection with Tourist Guide. Steady po-
 sition of responsibility later for
 party qualifying. Phone 10, ask for MT. Jacobin.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-31

WANTED-Used furniture. 306 Will ,oughby. Phone 788.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-07-31

MANGLE-FO wanted. Apply ! at the Alaska Laundry.