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Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-08-16
>RECRETTABLE'
Simplicity
Not BreVity"
BY Ruth Taylor

One day was sitting in on
q conference to plan out a
most important booklet. 1t had
been decided that the best
thing to do was to make the
text as simple as possible, so
one person started to blue PEN
ell the copy and cut out all
superfluous phrases. There
was an expert present, but he
kept silent until the discus
sion as what to omit was go
ing strong. Then he said in an
objective sort of drawl. "You
know, simplicity is not brew
ity."
The more you think about
that line-the more 1t strikes
you.
Simplicity in writing Is not
in cutting down-it Is in stat
ing clearly exactly what you
are trying to say. Simplicity
In dress is not in brevity-it
is In not having any trimming
that doesn't serve a purpose
or that means something. Sim.
plicity in talking is not in
speaking only in headline
phrases. 1t is in having some
thing to say, saying 1t in the
most lucid possible language
and in sticking to the subject.
Simplicity in living is just
the same. 1t is not so much
in omitting things from life,
but in doing the things that
are real. In concentrating on
the worthwhile, not the taw-
dry, in living with a purpose
and by a principle.
The men and women who
observe that kind of simplicity
are the ones who get things
done. Because their minds are
uncluttered by non.eSsentialS,
they are able to think a prob
lem through and then find the
solution. They are the people
who have time to be kind. Out
of the ordered neatneSs of
their days, they have saved
hours in which to help others.
The biggest men I know are
the ones who have time. to
listen. It's the little people
who are "too busy"
Simplicity is a gift within
the reach of any one, 1t is pos
Sible to so order your lives
that you will have time to in
clude all things you want to
do. Just do the most impor.
tant thing first, Once you do
this, all the rest falls into line.
You are not haunted by the
things you have left undone.
The unimportant things dis
appear of their own accord.
You are always up to date.
It's a simple rule of living
and 1t really works. Why not
trv it7
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-08-16

we couldn't believe our eyes this week as
we started reading press release from the
American Legion. 1t began: Washington -
The American Legion today called upon Con
gress to wipe out all discrimination between
officers and enlisted men of the armed for
ces No! That was too much to believed
And then we finished the rest of the sentence:
=. when assigning burial plots in national
cemeteries"
Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-08-16

The OPA, declared Rep.
Paul w. Shafer Or. Mich,) on
the floor of the House, lis a
vicious law-it is device for
sharing the wealth." The only
fair and square thing we can
do now is to return all that
wealth we've shared with
u. S. Seel, General Foods
Corporation and the Carson
brothers
Evening star., 1946-05-26

THE reason Old English gets floors, linoleum
i and woodwork SO much brighter, is because
it is made by an exclusive method and actually
contains MILLIONS of tiny wax particles:
And Old English takes the hard work out Of,
waxing floors. You just spread it on floors, and
it polshes itself to cleaning, long-lasting bril-
lance. There's nothing weak or watery about
Old English Wax! 1t is full bodied, high-quality
wax none better on the market! Still only 39e
pint. and little goes long. long way.
Evening star., 1946-08-04

Qrs@f One OF the smolest dolly newspapers,
~ IL the Ttyon N c Dolly Bulletin meos
ures by inches limited TO phrose
while ordinary folks At lett two po9es OF
&C TO prc Editor Seth Vn9 Rcodcrs get the poPe'
OF 7 o. weekdays. wac "0"' '"0'o'
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06

actly how much of land and oth- CT resources Congress would be disposed to grant to Alaska when a statehood enabling act is ac- tually passed, the simple fact is that no one can say at this time. It might fairly be accept ed as a principle, however, that Congress would be no less gen erous to Alaska than it has been to other states. There is no req son why Alaska should be unique among all states, for instance, in that the fisheries would not be placed under state control, as some have contended. If Con- gress should attempt to with hold the fisheries, or make a spe- cial case out of Alaska in some other respect, Alaskans need not accept the gift of statehood, and undoubtedly would reject it at their election on ratification of the state constitution.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06

monument areas and as re-
 spects migratory waterfowl.
 It has been asked whether the Alaska Railroad would pass to the state. There is no reason to believe there would be any change in the status of the rail- road, un1e ss the new state should wish to take it over and operate it as a state venture. The proposed enabling act is silent on the subject, except to say that all property in the actual posses sion of and used by the United States shall remain in federal control.
 Another permanent concern of the federal government is the Native population. The welfare of the Natives, in Alaska as in the states, is a peculiar claim up- on the federal government. This responsibility in Alaska will not be Iessened or materially affect ed by statehood. As a matter of policy, if not strictly of treaty stipulation, the Native races of Alaska, Indian, Eskimo and Ale ut, have always been treated and considered by the federal gov ernment just the same as the In- dians of the states, in that their support and care is a federal and not a state obligation.
 With apologies for laboring 8 point should be self-evident, the following information is given with respect to the provision made by the federal government for Indians in Arizona and New Mexico before and since state hood.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06
US. FOREST LAND IS SPECIAL PROBLEM

A special situation unique to Alaska has to do with the sta tus of national forest land. The two national forests in Alaska contain 20,850,00O acres and em- brace, virtually in toto. all the land in two of the most promis- ing areas, Southeastern Alaska and Prince William Sound.
 The difference between Alas, ka and any of the states in this regard is that there the national forest reserves are interming1ed with other forested land, either public d o m in or privately owned, to which the individual can obtain title. In Southeastern Alaska there is no other avail able land. It is all in the na- tional forests. On Prince Will liam Sound the entire coastal area, which is most choice from the standpoint, for instance, of tourist development, is in re- serve and cannot be obtained by purchase or otherwise. It is true that such of this land as is classified as agricultural in char acter is subject to entry, but practically none of it is. It is true that the prospective inves- tor in tourist lodges and camps could get a permit to use some of this land, but these permits are good only for Is years and can be revoked at any time. The fact is that tourist development has not taken place under this system.
 Alaska might we'll ask the fed eral government to include in it's grant of lands to the new state substantial areas from the forest reserves. Such a grant would serve two purposes: it would promise the new state a valuable source of revenue through sale of land and timber and it would open to private ownership and development areas now held completely in federal control.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06

hood enabling act provides with respect to the fisheries and with respect 10 fur and game, as fol lows:
 All of the property of the United States situated in the Territory of Alaska used in connection with the conserVa- ton and protection of the fish cries and of the fur and game of Alaska, except technical and research plants and es- tabliShments and appurtenant property, are hereby trans 5 ferred and conveyed to the State of Alaska. The State of Alaska shall possess and ex- ercise the same jurisdiction and control over the fisheries and the fur and game of Alas ka as are possessed and ex- ercised within their respective territorial limits including ad- jacent waters, by the several states.
 This bill is not even before Congress at the present time, lei alone enacted into law, but 4 probably furnishes a reliable guide to the kind of fishery ar rangement which would be pro vided with statehood.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06
NO GUARANTEE
 OF US. SPENDING

The evidence on this point, that the Natives of Alaska will continue after statehood to be federal responsibility, apparent ly is conclusive.
 It has been complained that there is no guarantee in the pro posed statehood bill as to how much money of the Office of h. dian Affairs will spend in Alas ka after statehood, with the inl- plication that some such assur- ancc ought to be incorporated in the bill. Obviously, that Can- not be done, first because the Congress which provides for Alaska's admission cannot bind future Congresses in the matter of appropriations, and second, changing conditions might also invalidate any guarantee or com- mitment,
 The third point might be add- ed that the statehood enabling act should not be expected 10, and cannot possibly, cover every. matter about which some cau- tious Alaskan might entertain 8 doubt. It would be a strange. statehood enabling act indeed which went into such matters as how much should be paid for the tuition of Eskimo children, what percentage basis should apply in admitting Alaska 10 the Federal Highway Act, just what constitutes an Indian res ervation, whether rent might be. charged state agencies for the use of federal buildings, what should become of proceeds from the seal rookeries, how aborigi- nal rights might be disposed of, and who gets the boats and bunkhouses used by the federal government in enforcement of the fishery and game laws. These. are matters for separate legis- lation or for administrative &C., tion within the framework of existing laws.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06

course, fighting statehood. The people who look upon Alaska as just a place to extract from, and who believe in putting nothing back, are all against statehood.
 It is not difficult to under stand why this should be SO. Those who profit under an in- ferior form of government nat urally are not anxious to see an improvement. Particularly to be feared by them is any change which would place the reins of government in the hands of the people.
 As Dr. Nichols points out in her carefully documented his tory of the development of Alas ka's territorial government;
 Partisanship in Alaska, and
 inevitably the home rule move
 ment also, have long been sen
 sitive to corporate influence.
 The conditions of Alaska's ec-
 onomic and political history,
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06

her routes of commerce, and the distribution of her re- sources have always been such as to foster the growth of monopolies. Therefore it has naturally followed that the keynote of Alaska's history has been her natural re- sources and the attempts made by individuals and corpora tions to obtain a free hand in their exploitation The interests long opposed home rule on the grounds of eXces- siVe taxation
 Like the canning and trans portation companies, Seattle business soon acquired a vest ed interest in Alaska which demanded the closest possible attention to the policy of Con- gress and the administration as affecting that interest. Insig- nificant and few indeed would be the Alaskan issues which could be settled without con-
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06

penditures by the federal goV- ernment on behalf of Indians ID the two states totaled SI0.851,- 934 in that year. Since 1912, the year of admission of the two states, the Indian populationIlas increased 92 per cent; federal expenditures for Indians have jn- creased 1150 per cent.
 Inquiry submitted to state of- ficials in Arizona brought the reply that:
 After statehood the Indians were provided for on the same basis as in territorial days.
 New Mexico officials report:
 The new state never did take over any of the Indian Departments activities.
 Montana, which upon admis. sion had 11,871 Indians, reports:
 The state has never at any time provided money for the support or aid of the Indian population of Montana. These people are under the jurisdic- ton of the federal govern ment. All trials concerning Indians are held in federal courts. The laws and regu- lations relating to the Indians are the same in any state CT territory.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06
STATES HAVE CONTROL TO EMILE LIMIT

Complete regulatory powers over the fisheries in each state and offshore for three nautical miles reside in the states them selves. This extends to the con- trolling of gear, the limiting of catches, the designation of open seasons, the regulating of the amount of fish which may be used in reduction processes, and all related matters.
 Alaska, with statehood, will assume similar all-inclusive au- thority over her fisheries.
 Authority over game and fur also will pass 10 inc new state. The federal govern ernment will retain jurisdic- lion over such matters only in
 national park and national
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06

indisputable that it has also slowed up the process of re- source d evel lopm e n t in the North. It is past time that the Alaska storehouse should be un- locked. Statehood is a way probably the best way-to do it. With statehood, Alaska will it. self receive control of large share of the wealth which has so long been held in reserve.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06
HOW STATES HANDLED GRANTS OF LAND

A precedent respecting na- tional forest areas was estab- lished at the time of admission of Arizona and New Mexico. By act of Congress the two states were granted sections 2. 16, 32 and 36 in each township, but with the provision that where such sections occurred within the limits of an established na- tional forest, they would con tinue to be administered as parts of the national forest, with a part of gross national forest receipts being paid to the state annually. in proportion to the national forest area comprised by the granted sections. Subsequent ac- ton by the two states has diff fered markedly. Arizona pretty largely has allowed the granted sections to continue in their ori- ginal status, and has accepted the annual payment from the Forest Service. New Mexico, on the other hand, rather generally has traded the granted sections for sections of public domain outside the national forests, ei- ther for sale or for management as grazing properties by the state.
 The situation in these states, however, di fers materially from that which will prevail in Alaska. It is for this reason that outright grant of some of the national forest area to the State of Alaska is suggested.
 The proposed Alaska state
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06
STATEHOOD AIDS INDIAN GROUPS

Arizona had 29,201 and New Mexico about 10000 Indians at time of admission in 1912. The Office of Indian Affairs has pro- vided the following record show ing total federal expenditures by the Indian Service in Arizona and New Mexico in the years preceding and following state hood:
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06
FISHERIES CONTROL
 BY STATE DETAILED

It has been seen that the ter ritory exercises over the fisher ieS only such controls as are in- volved in the taxing power. The federal government, as is well known, now regulates the fish cries of Alaska. It establishes seasons, restricts gear, designates closed areas and promulgates all the numerous regulations in- volved in managing this impor- tant resource. The federal gov ernment performs no such func- ton with respect to the fisher ies of the states, and would cease to exercise such powers in Alas ka with the coming of statehood.
 The states possessing substan- tial fisheries were admitted to the Union so long ago that all of the surrounding circumstances were quite different from what they are in the case of Alaska. In the era in which Washington, Oregon and California became states, for instance, the federal government did not exercise any effective regulatory control over the fisheries. Each of the states assumed jurisdiction over all fisheries, commercial and sport, in her waters out to a distance of three nautical miles. Each of the states, through it's legislative body, exercises control over all fishery resources within these waters. The federal government as regards fisheries has only such jurisdiction as might be granted it by the state legislature.
 In the state of Washington at the present time the U. s. Fish and Wildlife Service maintains hatcheries for the protection of sport and food fish in several areas. It also maintains a propa- gation system to take care of salmon ascending the Columbia River to Grand Coulee Dam. In Oregon, the federal agency has conducted fisheries research stu dies and surveys designed to be beneficial to the state in the administration of the fishery of the Columbia River. Salmon hatcheries formerly maintained on Oregon tributaries of the Col umbia and on the Rogue River are no longer in operation. In California. the Fish and Wildlife Service carries on a function which is entirely advisory. In the case of the salmon and sar- dine fisheries, this agency is making investigations in coop eration with the state.
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The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF

EXCURSIONS into history sometimes to illuminate A the perpexing problems of later day careful read
 ing of the history of Alaska will show that the forces which consistently fought every extension of eovernment to Alaska are absentee interests They fought each of
 Organic Acs they fought the appointment of Delegate
 they fought the creation of legislature and they of
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06
AFTER STATEHOOD

It will be seen from the above that, far from decreasing, feder- al expenditures for Indians in these states actually increased considerably after statehood. In .1940 Arizona had 55,076 and New Mexico 34,510 Indians. Ex-
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06
LAND TURNOVER
 TO STATE OF ALASKA

The Bartlett-McCarran state hood bill provides that the fed era1 government will turn over to the State of Alaska all vacant and unappropriated lands, in. cluding lands reserved or with drawn from entry. except for the following:
 1. Land actually used by the
 United States or a federal
 agency for some govern
 mental purpose.
 2. Land and adjacent waters
 reserved for the use or
 benefit of native Indians,
 ESkimos or Aleuts. $3. Sections Is and 36 in each township, reserved for sup
 port of common schools in
 the state; and Section B in
 each township. reserved for
 support of the University
 of Alaska.
 4. Mount Mckinley National
 Park.
 ,. Glacier Bay National Mon-
 ument.
 6. The naval petroleum re-
 serve in northern Alaska. 2. The Pribilof Islands. . 8. All of the Aleutian Islands west of 172' west longitude
 required for military pur-
 poses.
 With these specific exceptions, all the vacant and inappropriate ed federal lands within Alaska's borders would become the prop. erty of the new state. The sec. tions set aside for support of the schools and the univers y would, to all intentS and purpos. es, belong to the state also. They are excepted from the lands con tained in the outright gift be cause of a provision reserving them from sale or settlement The state would be permitted to select lieu lands to replace any part : of the specified sections where settlement with view to homestead entry had already been made.
 The part of the Aleutian chain which. might. be withheld foI military purposes is that west of Anulkta Passage. Among the islands east of the 172nd meridi an which would become state land are Umnak, Akutan, Un alaska and Unimak.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-09-06
OIL LANDS GO TO
 STATE OF ALASKA

There are several rather sig nificant omissions from the lands which the bill would withhold from the state. Apparently the federal government would turn over to the. state the area now reserved in Katmai National Monument. The large petroleum reserves now held by the federal government in addition to the naval reserve of northern Alas ka would also become state prop erty.
 Tn all, Some POO, 100000 acres of land more than half of all Alaska-Would be turned over te the new state to become it's property to do with as it pleased. At stroke, the many withdraw als and restrictions which have served to delay development within this area would be ended. This is an enormous gift of natural wealth to the state. It is larger than was the grant to any If the present states. Montana vas given 5.860,6 ,645 acres out of total state area of 94, 100000 acres. The gross area of the grant to Arizona was 8,239,OOO acres put of total area Of 72,931 $40 acres. Even today, 73 per cent of AriZona's area remains in fed eral ownership. The federal gov ernment owns A per cent of the total area of New Mexico and 92 per cent of Nevada.
 The grant of natural wealth Contemplated by the authors of he B artl e t t-McCarran bill, which, incidentally, fol ow S udge Dimond's previous bill in ,xact text, has been noted. It las also been noted that this bill las not been passed, nor have hearings on it been held in con- ;ressional committees. As to ex-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-23

i,tted bodice and a liAred skirt fief costume was complemented with matching gloves and she wore Q sllr yer seqUln crown, and carried an old d.fashioned bouquet Of American Beauty roses with streanaers of ofs anse blossoms. Irving uraH, brother of the brideeroom was best man.
 A reception was held at the Little Hungary Hall for more than la0 guests. Mrs, welnrih received h . pearl-grey ensemble with matchln9 accessories and a corsage of orchids and was assisted by the brldo@ Rrooms mother who wore an elec~ tric.blue gown with matching acees. sories and a corsage of roses.
 When the couple left on wedding trip to Canada, Mrs. 0raif wore Q black wool tailored suit with white accessories and O silver fox Jacket, with a corsage of white orchids, up. on their return they will reside % iBg Chestnut Avenue,
 An alumna of Brooklyn College and of Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, where she re- ceived her Ms, degree, Miss wein- rib is community nutrltionlst for Waterbury. Mir, Graf attended City College, New York City, and is . veteran of four and Q half years as A sergeant In the U. 8. Army, inc cludins two and a half years of service with the Medical Arts and Photographic Division in India, He is now an accounting student or Pace Institute, New York City.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-12-23

Photo by Democrat, Covielo Nativity this morning sophomores the Waterbury Catholic High School during their Christmas festv ties the auditorium The ncuded Francis Of Assist Adene Sister Clare Muen Angela vma Mooney Brother Eleanor Lawor Brother Barbara Mango Brother Martin Beverly Kada Cardinal Hugolno Mary cont Gabriel Nancy Me- Comace Mary Joan Mullen Elizabeth Barbara Edwards simeon Masscotte Joseph Frances Penc by vema Mooney Barbara Stone Della Bella smone Houle The Shepherds Lillian D Carmody Dorothy Bud Elnce overton Ptardy and Olive zeger