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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-19
MARTIAL LAW iS
 SET UP, JAMAICA

KINGSTON, Jame:ca, Feb. 19.- Widespread strikes and disorders led Sir John Huggins, Governor of Jamaica, to proclaim a state of emergency here today.
 Huggins said the critical labor situation threatened to interfere with the supply and distribution of food and with the means of trans portation. He issued orders forbid ding the possession of firearms in public places by any persons ex- cept police officers or those with special permits, and banning all public meetings and processions in the metropolitan area.
 Government officials, meanwhile, pressed an investigation of fire Sunday night which caused the death of Is male inmates of the Kingston Mental Hospital, where attendants struck last Friday.
 DRINK KING BLACK LABEL:
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-19
TIGHTEN UP

MINEOLA, N. Y., Feb. 19.-Mo- torists suspected of intoxication will be put through an addition to the standard sobriety test by Nas- sau county police beginning tomor- row.
 The suspect-besides walking a have to recite - Around the rough and rugged rocks the ragged rascal ran" And if he can't recite-hes tight.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-19

where he saw service in the Pacific. MT Fisher plans to attend Harvard to obtain his PhD and hopes to return to Alaska after that time.
Kodiak mirror., 1946-09-21

Bud Branham and his partner, Grif Quinton, of Rainy Pass, flew from Kodiak to Larsen's Bay Monday with MT. and Mrs. Frank Graham, of Auburn, Wash, and William Pierce, of Shreveport, La., on a bear hunt ing party.
 MT. Graham was up this spring hunting with his camera, and on this trip they went after mountain sheep above the Arc tic Circle, and Mrs. Graham got 8 moose with a 7l.inch spread near Rainy Pass.
 MT. Graham operates a thea ter in Auburn.
Kodiak mirror., 1946-09-21

The John Raft home was the scene of the marriage Sunday, September 15, of Amy Faye AL len to Fred Victor Toller. The ceremony was read by U s Com missioner G W Bubendorf, and John Raft and Vera Rojan were witnesses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-11-19
Interdependent Americas
By George FieIding Eliof

OF our neighbors has not always been
easy, and will not always be easy in the
future. but it is to the credit of all con-
cerned that the two factors were recon-
ciled during the last war. and that there
seems little doubt that this will continue
to be the case during the troubled years
that lie ahead of us.
Bluntly. we have the air power and
they have certain base positions neces-
sary to the most efficient use of that air
power.
Here also the consideration of stand
ardization Of ornaments comes in. Lack
of heavy industry and restricted budgets
do not permit our neighbors to keep on
foot large military forces in time of
peace; the existence Of friendly relations
would be greatly impaired by the pres
ence of American garrisons on Latin
American soil. the most we can hope for
il. that the Latin. American countries
can provide forces sufficient to guard
until reinforced important base areas
against any sudden attack which might
have as its purpose the seizure OF base
area and its subsequent use against
American targets.
II we are to think Of these garrisons In
terms Of resistance for given period of
time until help comes from the United
States, it is clear that Standardization
Of arm and equipment will be factor
Of great Importance, assuring steady
flow Of supplies to any threatened point
and enabling us to offer our neighbors
the most efficient peace-time help In
building up their defenses within their
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Gettysburg Address Today

Abraham LlncolnS Gettysburg
Address, delivered on November 10,
1858, has historical association
with the Declaration of Independ-
ence and the Constitution of the
United States. 1t is one of the great
afflrmations of the American Ma
ton. The Library of Congress there
fore now displays the original drafts
and copies of the famous dedication
speech in company with the official
manuscripts of the two earlier
statements. Visitors to the main
exhibition hall of the largest biblio-
graphic establishment on earth
today will find being shown in it the
penned and penciled sketch" over
which the President worked in the
White House before leaving for the
battlefield in Pennsylvania. They
also will see the text as he perfected
it in the homes of David Wills and
his neighbor Harper just before the
ceremony OF commemoration. Care
full examination discloses that the
words under God" in the final
sentence are missing from both
versions. Lincoln added them
extemporaneously as he spoke.
But the Library exhibit serves a
useful purpose especially in that it
proves that the Gettysburg pledge
of national purpose was not hur-
riedly dashed off" in a railroad
train, as some imaginative writer's
have taught the public mistakenly
to believe. The President realized
much more than the generality of
his contemporaries the high solem-
nifty Of the occasion. He invited
himself to take an active and promi-
nent part in|the program. The two
hour grafton of Edward Everett, he
knew, would be a classic effort.
Whatever any secondary speaker
said necessarily must be in some
sense a repetition. Lincoln UNI
doubtedly felt the challenge of the
situation. He rose to it with all his
mind and all his heart. And the
result was worth the labor. Granted
the audience to which the address
first was pronounced did not appre-
ciate its importance and significance
instantly. It was finished too soon.
The crowd had eynecfed lo,0er
speech. Yet the report printed in
The Star the following day indicates
that the listeners did applaud. The
legend that they received the inn
mortal message in stony silence is
inaccurate.
Time, however, was required to
make the Gettysburg Address COM
pletely effective. Events had to
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NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 19s-The visitor
to this ancient and beautiful city Of
New Orleans is reminded from the mo-
ment of his arrival that here is our gate
way to Latin America, the historic link
between North and South. The flags Of
our sister republics decorate the streets,
the hotel Hobbies are gay with the post
ers OF travel agencies engaged in reviving
the tourist trade of Brazil and Central
America and the West Indies; even the
train which brings the travellers from
Chicago has mural photographs of the
harbor OF Rio de Janeiro and the PERU
Wan Andes in its club cars.
1t is pleasant to reflect that these
are friendly evidence that here on the
border of our great maritime frontier
there are no screams Of propaganda
from cruising sound trucks, no lurid
posters warning the people OF New
Orleans against the evil Vaccinations
of their neighbors. We of the Amer
icas are more fortunate than sometimes
we realize, either north or south Of the
Gulf of Mexico.
But here in New Orleans one is also
and less pleasantly reminded Of the
interdependence Of the two Americas In
the matter Of security. Neither north
nor south can be secure alone. Perhaps
the reader will say this Is true Of all
the world that Is this day Of long
range airplanes and atomic weapons.
xAF
In this matter our neighbors of Latin
America are intimately concerned. First
of all, Of course. because their own
security is bound up with ours, even
though they do not always like to have
this said too bluntly.
Yet it is true that their territory.
the strategic positions which they conn
mand--at the Central American Isth-
mus, for example, or at the northeastern
shoulder OF Brazil afford the air and
naval forces Of the United States bases
of operation and means Of strategic
movement of primary Importance. The
reconciliation Of these strategic neces-
stiles with the pride and independence
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and opposed the principles Of freedom
and liberty for which we fought the war.
The oppression Of the Indians, the in
Prevention In Greece and many such in
stances were given as an example of why
the high-minded American people could
not live in true friendship with the Brit
ish.
OF course, In arguing these matters
there were variations of the truth, such
as, for instance, the reason why the
British sent troops into Greece More
over, the fact that President Roosevelt
gave his full approval to such step was
never mentioned. Yet, In spite of this
well-planned and successful propaganda
which was indirectly helped by the
clumsy policy Of the British representa-
yves in this country, a loan of $780,
100000 was granted to Great Britain UNI
Ger excellent conditions for the British.
And the new laborite government seemed
10 get along with the American govern
ment better than the Tory administra-
ton, at least in the complex interna-
tional field.
Although there has never been any,
thing like an American British bloc. the
foreign policies Of Washington and Lon
don doyetailed in number of major
issues which were opposed by the Rus
slams and the Slavic satellites.
~
The lack Of positive success of the
Russian propaganda in this country ap-
parently led the policy trainers Of the
Politbureau to direct their activities to
the more fertile ground of Great Britain.
The Russian leaders from Prime Min
lister Stain down have never concealed
their conviction that the capitalist and
the Communist systems cannot live side
by side. So long as there is even a
shadow of unity of purpose between the
peoples Of the western world who believe
in free enterprise and individual freedom
the chances of world dominated by
state secret police viii remain slim. But
II the Soviet government and its many
agents succeed In developing the seeds
OF mistrust and suspicion between the
liberal countries. the chances of success
will be increased without the necessity
OF creating an armed conflict.
1t is in this light that experienced poll
teal and diplomatic observers in WASH
ington regard the demonstration" of
the British Laborite rebels"
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The Political Mill
By Gould Lincoln

II the Republican majority in the new
Congress needed any further prodding
to amend the Federal labor laws than
the results Of the recent election 1t has
been provided by the situation in the
coal industry-where one man, John L.
Lewis, has taken 1t on himself to put an
END to coal production unless his de-
mands are granted.
Nevertheless. amending the labor laws
is likely to be no easy task. Labor
unions and their leaders have been
strongly intrenched in the halls OF Con-
gress for years. While some of their
most subservient friends in the House
and Senate were beaten in the elections
this year, large number of the so
called friends Of labor still viii function
in the new Congress. A friend Of labor
from the point of view of the labor
leaders-is member Of Compressor
President-who has never faltered in his
support of what labor demands nor in
his opposition to something that labor
does not want.
No other problem that is likely to
come before the new Congress-cer-
tainly In its opening weeks-is of so
great Importance as the problem of in
dustrial relations Unless something is
done to amend the lopsided labor laws
which today give to labor leaders far
more power than ever was lodged in the
hands of individual irldustrialists, the
situation in this country will grow In
creasingly worse Free enterprise and
free labor both will continue to be
threatened in the United States-in the
end the people viii not stand for labor
or industry starving them, or prevent
ing adequate transportation, adequate
heat and light and power. Not II they
have to 60 to some form Of dictatorial
government.
Legislation in Congress starts In COM
mittees. Upon the makeup of these COM
mittees OF the House and Senate-and
particularly upon their chairmen-de-
ponds in large part the character OF
legislation which finally goes before the
two houses for consideration. Indeed,
these committees decide whether any
legislation example, on labor shall
be given consideration. It becomes,
therefore, of great Importance who is
to head the Labor Committees OF the
House and Senate-and who the other
members-Republican and Democratic
are to be.
The situation is none too happy for
the Republicans when it comes to pick
ing chairmen of these committees. On
the House side. the ranking Republican
member of the present House Labor
Committee is Representative Richard j.
WEIGH Of California. Mr.. WEIGH is one
of those friends Of labor who opposed
the Case bill-the measure which a
majority of both houses Of Congress
passed Ca combination, in this case, Of
Republicans and Democrats) during the
last session to curb excuses by labor
unions. 1t was vetoed by President Tru-
man, on the insistence of labor leaders,
and the House, where the bill originated,
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November

A change IN mood has come upon The
land.
The sky Is sallen; afr nom clear With
frost.
The neados0 mind means sadly q u
lost,
As autumn, dying. takes her last brsDs
stand.
The 0aant thin ghosts Of faded goldsn-
rod
Haunt all the HIS. The pasture grass
Is brotpn;
And acorn cups and saacers tumble
doaDn
From oaks IN lanes fued NTH dried
thistIepod.
The harpest mouse has fed the stubbled
field.
The lonely clamor OF ,pild geese II
fight
Il heard on frosty nights NTH cold
moonlight
High up 1boDe the harpest,s mystic yield.
There Is no other month so fun as this
OF restfnl solitude and tranquil bliss.
WILLIAM ANNETTE wOFFCRD.
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sustained the Presidents veto. That is.
1t did not give the necessary two-thirds'
vote to override a veto.
Mr.. WEIGH voted against the special
rule to take UP the Case bill for consid-
Grafton. When the vote on its passage
was taken. he was absent and had
general pair. On the vote to override
the veto of the measure, he voted to s,is-
tain Mr.. Truman. Obviously. II Mr..
WEIGH becomes chairman of the House
committee getting something done
about labor legislation is going to be
more difficult.
The present Republican lineup in
the Senate Labor Committee shows
Senator Taft Of Ohio as the ranking
member. Next to him Is Senator Aiken
OF Vermont and third is Senator Ball
OF Minnesota. Mr.. Taft has been con-
sidered likely selection for chairman
OF the important Finance Committee,
which handles tax legislation. If he
takes that post, however, it leaves Mr..
Aiken in line for the craftsmanship of
the Labor Committee, and Mr.. Aiken
voted against the Case bill In the
Senate. OF course, If Taft elects to
take the Labor Committee chairman
ship. the problem of sidestepping MIR.
Aiken viii not arise.
k*&
While the recent elections eliminated
three Democratic Senators on the Labor
Committee who voted always as labor
directed--MessrS Walsh of Massachu-
sets, Guffey of Pennsylvania and Tun-
nell OF Delaware--there still remain on
that committee in the next Congress
Murray of Montana, who has been
chairman: Thomas of Utah, Pepper of
Florida and several other Democrats
who have been strongly committed to
labor. And Aiken and Senator Morse
OF Oregon, another Republican who
voted against the Case bill, will con-
tinue. One solution would be to have
Aiken made chairman of the Commit
tee on Agriculture-but here the Re-
publicans confront the fact that Sena-
tor Capper Of Kansas is in line for the
craftsmanship of that committee.
Senator Ball has given wide study TO
the problem of improved labor rela-
tons He Is eager to bring about fun
damental amendments to the labor
laws, including the Wagner Act. II
either he or Senator Taft becomes
chairman of the Senate Committee on
Labor, the drive will be on for such
amendment. Neither is an enemy of
labor-but 1t Is safe to say that labor
leadership Is an enemy Of both Of
them.
It does not appear, however, that the
Republican majorities In House and
Senate can afford not to seek new
labor legislation-no matter what the
threats OF organized labor. One OF the
causes for the wide defeat of Demo-
cratic friends OF labor in the cleo
lions grew out Of the disgust of the
ordinary citizen with constant strikes
and work stoppages which affected him
and his family
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This Changing World
Nv Lonsfanfine Br0fOn

Diplomatic observers in washington
find strange similarity between the
scathing attack by q group of Laborite
rebels IN the House Of Commons on
Britains foreign policy and the Zine"
indicated on November 10 in an English-
language broadcast from Moscow by the
well-known Soviet government commen,
tator Mikhail Mikhailov.
The Laborite rebels claim Britain,g
foreign policy is regimented to that of
the United States.
The Soviet commentator spoke about
dollar democracy and dollar diplo-
macy" and warned the rank and file
OF the English people to be careful not
to fall into the trap laid for them by
American capitalists and their British
city stooges. For the British people
who fought fascism to escape the Hitler
yoke, dollar democracy promises nothing
good" Mikhailoy said.
The Russian commentators broad
cast was easily heard in England, but
to make doubly sure that 1t would not
be lost to the millions of English people,
1t was printed and circulated by the
various societies for AngIo-Soyiet
friendship.
Comrade Mikhailoy warned the Brit
ish people that the "imperialistic lust
OF the American monopolies is not di-
rected at Latin America and the coun-
tries In the Far. Near and Middle East"
That, he said, was too obvious to re-
quire any further amplification. But
he said, ut is no secret that during the
war American capital successfully dis
lodged British capital from It's position
In Latin America, In the British Do
minions and even in India" The on
cial Russian commentator, representing
country which opposes capitalism and
imperialism under any shape or form,
found himself lamenting the fact that
the British colonial empire is becom-
ing the target Of blows from across the
ocean,
-
The strategy Of preventing a close
postwar cooperation between the United
States and Great Britain apparently is
shifting. Ever since WI day the u. S. S.
r., through its paid or theological follow
ers in this country, has worked hard to
show the American people that the Brit
ish were unreliable, selfish and greedy
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Britain Carries On
By David laurence
n the London Daily Herald.

From the London Daily Herald.
Britains occupying forces In ex-enemy
countries have been reduced, but it Is
necessary, especially In Germany, that
they should remain substantial for q
long time to come The alternative would
be tantamount to melting q revival OF
Naziism. The safeguarding of British
communications and bases must also
be maintained. And, finally, Britain
must make her contribution as leader
Of the United Nations to the interna.
tional security system. What the extent
Of that contribution will be we do not
yet know. The Labor Party is in favor
OF an international security force which
would ultimately supplant all national
armies. But it would be folly to deny
that the world as whole is not yet
ready to make such a change; and that.
unless We are prepared to become .
cipher in international councils during
this vital period, we must keep our
forces at reasonable strength. Mean.
while, the government must lose no
opportunity to urge the progressive re.
duction of ornaments and armies which
Is foreseen In the United Nations
Charter.
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The Low and Nj. Lewis

~ = ASA6 PCAAou VI yCdlS JOIlu ~.
Lewis has been generally successful
in his avowed purpose to defy and
coerce the executive branch of the
Government. Now, however, he has
locked horns with the power OF the
Federal judiciary, and this confronts
Mr.. Lewis with a choice between q
sort Of shoddy martyrdom by In
viting a jail sentence or accepting
the authority OF the courts.
At the behest of the Department
OF Justice, the local District Court
has issued temporary restraining
order designed to prevent the
threatened coal strike from becoming
effective at midnight tomorrow.
This order is tightly drawn, and it
seems unlikely that Mr.. Lewis will
find any loophole to wriggle through.
In It's Immediately pertinent section,
the order restraints Mr.. Lewis and his
associates from permitting to con-
tinue In effect" the notice of contract
termination given last week to
Secretary of Interior Krug.
This Is roundabout approach to
the problem OF heading of the strike,
but its plain legal effect is to require
MIR. Lewis to withdraw and cancel
the notice that he has given to Mr..
Krug. This, in turn, would consti-
tute notice to the miners that their
contract remains in effect, and the
miners, presumably, then would stick
to their jobs.
Whether it will work out this way
remains to be seen. Mr.. Lewis may
elect to defy the court and be jailed
for contempt. Or he may withdraw
his notice to Mr.. Krug and the indi-
vidual miners may still refuse to
remain at work, for there seems to
be nothing in the restraining order
which would apply directly to them
insthis respect.
It seems improbable, however, that
q mass refusal to work on the part
Of the men could be long sustained.
Under the courts order they could
not receive any strike benefits from
the unions treasury, nor could they
receive any unemployment compen-
sation. They could not picket or
otherwise act in concert in support
OF a strike. Finally, the Government
Is in possession of the mines and
presumably in control of the COM
pany stores in the mining COM
munities. If the men refuse to work,
the Government could and should
refuse to extend them credit at
these stores.
This would put the Government
in the position of breaking" the
strike. But there is no reason why
the Government need shrink from
taking that position. The injunc-
ton suit and the supporting affida-
Wits clearly set forth the catastrophe
consequences for the people of this
country II Mr.. Lewis and his miners
are permitted to pursue their reck-
less course. If and when the pinch
comes it should be remembered that
1t was Mr.. Lewis, not the Govern
ment, who arrogantly forced the
showdown. But with the issue
drawn, the Government, If it is to be.
worthy Of that name, cannot counte-
nance another surrender to the
dictator Of the coal mines.
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The Atom in Court

Reports indicate that nothing may
be done about the three young men
recently arrested In Baltimore on
charges Of trying to sell pictures Of
secret atomic equipment. AS befits
anything involving our exclusive
nuclear knowledge. the reports are
vague and shadowy, but they
strongly suggest that General Groves
refused 10 submit vital evidence and
that the case has therefore been
dismissed-at least temporarily.
Assuming that the three really did
commit an act as serious as the one
alleged by Federal investigators,
they ought rightly to be punished.
Apparently. however-or so the eau
tious reports imply General Groves,
the Army,s guardian of the atom,
has found that they cannot be pc
nalized without giving further cir
culation to the very thing that we
wish to keep under wraps. Under
American justice, Judge and jury
have to see and hear evidence be-
fore they can acquit or convict the
accused, but how can this be done
II the evidence itself is what the
accuser holds as a strict secret?
The evidence. in other words. al
though encompassing the guarded
secret. has to be revealed in open
court-revealed and explained--if
anybody Is ever to be sentenced for
violating security regulations under
our Atomic Energy Act. This creates
a nice dilemma. One must either tell
all before judge and jury or else let
the accused go free. Perhaps a way
will yet be found to get around this.
but meanwhile 1t stands as a good
example of how nuclear fission has
complicated life for everybody, even
for lawyers who thrive on COM
plexity.
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ity should be denied effective in
struments to win majority support
to its cause. One effective instru-
ment is the educational propaganda
that forces people to think and to
examine their consciences. But in
the choice Of instruments those
chosen should not be double edged,
as capable of cutting as deeply in
one direction as In the other.