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The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-18

Monday evening the Moose are having valentine masquerade dance at their club rooms for mem-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-18

JUST ARRIVED = Pot burners in all sizes-Vee Belts and Pulleys. Juneau Welding and Machine Shop. (l97-tD
The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-18

Leaving by plane last weekend for the States were Mrs. Rhea Black, who was called south by the sudden illness of her brother, Dave Fenton, and Tony Amund- sen, clerk at Sitka Merchantile, who has been ailing for some time, for medical treatment.
Evening star., 1946-05-06
Mr.. PouIey's Mission

President Truman and the State
Department have good reason to
attach considerable Importance to
Edwin w, Pauley's mission to Korea
and Manchuria. AS chief of the
American reparations commission
Mr.. Pauley will be concerned pri-
marily with surveying industrial
and other resources with a view to
making recommendation to help
our own and Allied governments
work out program designed not
merely to promote the economic
progress of the Korean and Chinese
peoples but also to serve the peace
and prosperity of the Far East as a
whole.
Although on his last trip to that
part of the world Mr.. Pauley did not
succeed in getting into Manchuria
for survey purposes. the way appar-
emily will be open to him this time.
At any rate. judging from the Presi-
dents announcement of the mis-
sion, no difficulty is anticipated,
though it is possible that warfare
between the Chinese Communists
and Generalissimo Chiang's forces
may comphcate matters AS for
Korea, a wall still separates the
Soviet occupied industrial north
from the American occupied agri-
cultural south, and it remains to be
seem whether the Russians will be
willing to let Mr. Pauley study the
resources in their zone.
Such study would seem to be
essential to any effort to integrate
the Korean economy. Ever since
VI day that economy has been
split in two, with the Russians in
no hurry to improve the situation.
Their reaction to Mr.. Pauley's visit
will therefore be a measure of their
intentions to join us in getting the
country back on its feet. Similarly,
their reaction to whatever he may
have to report regarding the "war
booty" they have taken from. Man
churia probably will indicate their
attitude toward an agreement on
japanese reparations and toward
the larger problem of long term AL
lied cooperation in Asia.
Beyond what it may thus deter
Evening star., 1946-05-06
Labor in Britain
Q Richmond T;mes-n;sn.+.

From the Richmond Times-Dispatch
The British Labor party. in control
OF the national government since its
sweeping victory at the polls last sum-
mer, has recently strengthened its posi-
ton by successes in a number of local
elections in many parts of the country.
The party either maintained or in
creased its control of local affairs in
these contests.
Labor was already powerful in the
borough and urban districts London
was ruled by Labor majority before
the recent elections. but now its ma
Joflty there is increased. The party won
IL seats from the Conservatives and lost
four, two to the Liberals and two to the
Communists. In the municipal govern
ment Labor now holds 80 seats. while
the Conservatives were reduced to 80.
Most of the county councils outside
OF London have been traditionally anti
Labor, but in the elections the party
gained control of six counties in addi-
tion to four it already held Anti-So-
clallsts hold power in 81 counties, but
Labor claims that it now controls local
affairs for 25OoO,ooO of BriaIssilas 49,
100000 people.
Since these elections were concerned
with local issues. the results cannot be
regarded as especially significant with
regard to the public'S attitude toward
the Attlee government, but they afford
some indication that the British are
still strong in their support of the So
claliSt experiment.
Evening star., 1946-05-06
Reform in Jury Selection

Some understanding of it's back
ground would assure passage of a
bill introduced in the Senate last
week which removes the present
maximum of $3.50 year on the pay
of jury commissioners and the pro-
hibition against reappoiAment of a
commissioner within three years of
the end of his term.
Under the fine leadership of Chief
Justice Laws. the District Jury Com
mission has been revitalized, it has
assumed some of the dignity and
Importance commensurate with it's
responsibilities and it has accom-
plished a reform in the selection of
jurors in Washington which could
we'll be taken as an example in other
jurisdictions. Chief Justice Laws
own contribution, aside from his in
sSiring interest in the subject, lay
in obtaining from his brethren on
the court the selection of three able
citizens, under Craftsmanship of
Nincent Saccardi, to serve as Jury
Commissioners and in giving them
the complete backing of District
Court.
The commissioners have increased
the jury lists from an old figure of
about 10000 (many of whom were
dead or had left the city, to some
$4,000 whose answers to question
naires indicate their eligibility to
serve. They have ended the prac-
tice wherein a relatively few citizens
of WASHINGTON were called on peri
odically for jury service, serving
year after year, and in its place
substituted one which eventually
will make jury service, for the aver
age citizen, a single experience OF
a lifetime They have taken other
Steps designed to improve the quail
ity of jurors and to stamp their
service as responsible obligation OF
citizenship, instead of an occasional
chore which the average man un-
willingly assumes if he is unable to
persuade the judge to excuse him.
The provision of the bill lifting
the ceiling of $3.50 a year is not de-
signed to increase a commissioners
compensation, but to correct prin-
ciple-this principle being that the
number of meetings a commissioner
attends, at $40 per meeting, should
be determined only by the require
ments of the courts. Removal of the
prohibition against appointment
of commissioners is to prevent the
arbitrary loss, to the courts, of ex-
cellent commissioners. The caliber
of citizens chosen for the commits
sion, rather than statutory bar
against their reappointment, should
determine length of service. Con-
scientious commissioners and judges
will themselves prevent undue per-
petuation in Office of a jury COM
missioner
Evening star., 1946-05-06
Letters to The Star
Another Mother Appeals for
Good Weekend Movies
o the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor OF The Star:
My hat is off to the reader who wrote
you concerning the kind of movies being
shown at neighborhood theaters on Sat-
urdays and Sundays. She expressed my
own sentiments better than I could ex-
press them myself. I feel that those
murder mysteries, ETC., are not good for
children and much prefer to keep my two
youngsters at home rather than subject
them to such unnerving entertainment"
I enjoy them myself, but children are
too immature to realize that such things
are not actually happening. I have
dlf1cult time trying to convince my eld-
est, just 7, that man supposedly shot
and pretending to be dead is not actually
dead. And can't blame my 3-year old
for not wanting to sit still because 1
can we'll imagine that it is more boring
than entertaining for her.
think, too, that one day week could
be devoted to pictures for children,
either Saturday or Sunday when there is
no school. There are plenty of good
books for children that could be ada pied
to pictures.
So let's try to get decent movies for
children on day they can attend them.
They enjoy a good movie just a much
as any grownup. And enjoyed Snow
White" just as much as the happiest
child both times saw it,
4 MRS. C. A. M.
Evening star., 1946-05-06
Washington Hospitality

Being the Nations Capital, Wash
lngton has civic responsibility pc
culiarly it's oWn-that of extending
hospitality to citizens and groups of
citizens bent on visiting the Seat of
Government for purposes of busi-
ness or pleasure. or both. The resi-
dents OF Washington are not indif-
ferent to the fact that Americans at
large have vested interest in the
Capital City and that they enjoy
visiting here whenever the oppor-
tunity presents itself. Washingto-
mans are proud of their city and
they welcome the thousands of Wis
1tors who come annually to see their
Congressman or hold conventions or.
just see the sights.
A concrete evidence of this COM
munity pride and responsibility is
seen in the Greater National Capital
Committee, organized sixteen years
ago by the Washington Board of
Trade. This is more than an organ
lzatlon of city-boosters intent on
promoting conventions and, Incl
dentally, trade. 1t does that, it is
true-at the prewar rate of 225
conventions year with an average
annual attendance of 100000 per-
sons-and, before the war, it was
attracting several million tourists
every year through planned
promotional publicity. But the COM
mlttee also is real service agency
to the city's visitors.
Each year it answers thousands of
mail inquiries about Washington, its
activities and its facilities. During
the past four and one-half years its
Transient Accommodations Bureau
has found hotel or other rooms for
230,o0O persons, including Govern
ment officials, servicemen and
others in urgent need of temporary
quarters. Its Information Center
during the war period answered
more than 100000 inquiries of sun
dry nature. These are but a few of
the more outstanding types of sery-
Ice which the Greater National Cap
ltal Committee has rendered to the
public in the past and which it plans
to continue rendering in the future
provided it receives the necessary
financial aid. A drive for $4,000 to
carry on the work during the next
fiscal year has begun. The cam
palgn merits the full support of the
community.
Evening star., 1946-05-06
On the Record
BY Dorothy Thompson

an internationalist than Lenin or
Trotzky. The revolutionizing of Europe
is. for him, probably less for the sake
of revolution than for the sake of Soviet
power While Lenin could hope that
what Russia lost by the previous war
she could regain by revolution Stain
must see a chance, in victory, to Soviet
ize all Europe and SO, in effect, end
Europe-that perennial source of danger
to tsars and commissars
The condition for this. now. as in
1918. is continued political and economic
instability and weakness. The Russians
know this-they do not forget history
The moment the last peace settlement.
bad as it was, gave the European ma
tiohs chance to organize their lives
the opportunity for Bolshevism was over
even in the defeated countries.
Any stabilization now will initiate
against the Soviet plan. for Europe is
not Communist, and will become Com
munist only through continued chaos,
hunger, and generalization offering op-
portunities to agitators trained in the
technique of the coup d'etat. The eco
nomic recovery of the Rhine-Ruhr un-
der any conditions would greatly con-
tribute to the recovery of Europe. Why,
then, from revolutionary viewpoint.
should it be fastened?
Furthermore. y the Russians would
hardly agree to diminish the numbers
of their troops in Austria and else
where, for if the garrisons were weak
ened, the Soviets would probably lose
what they have already gained, They
may remember from the last war that
the German general staff who had
hoped to release millions of troops for
the west when Russia left the war. had
to retain the bulk of them in the east
to enforce Ludendorff's anneXations.
Today no Eastern European country,
except Bulgaria. Yugoslavia, and pos
sibly Czechoslovakia, can be trusted by
the Soviets to retain the present status
quo. except under force.
The Soviet program therefore calls
for continued force, and continued
force demands the existence of a threat.
Occupation forces of millions of men
and continued militarism can only be
justified to the Russian people on the
ground that they are menaced Hence
Stains May Day speech charging that
international reaction" is matching
plans for new war The fact is that
Europe is incapable of war against any
one: that the United States has largely
disarmed. and that the real alarm is
felt in the west, which did not fight
Hitler's Eurasian aims in order to have
them realized by another.
There is fear and danger of another
war only because conditions have been
created in Europe which prevent
real peace at any time
released by the Bell Syndicate Inc)
Evening star., 1946-05-06
Decay of Empires
BY Raymond NJ oley

One of the best small examples of the
vanishing concept of empire is in what
is happening to Denmark There was
time when Danish king ruled Brit
ain, Norway and Sweden. For centuries
the Danes had colonies in the Caribbean,
which were ultimately sold for cash.
Iceland belonged to Denmark Also the
ice-covered island of Greenland, with its
$4,000 Eskimos. The Farce Islands-the
Far Off Isles" north of Scotland-still
belong to Denmark.
After the first World War, Iceland be-
came independent, but shared the Dam
ish king. When Germany took over
Denmark, Iceland severed its relations
and went ON alone.
The Far OFF Isles" were occupied by
the British for five war years, and, dur
ing that time, strong separatist move
ment grew up. Now these islands are
claiming autonomy and have sent dele
cation to Copenhagen to arrange the
details. To a considerable degree, the
Danish government has agreed to rec
ognize this claim. The dialect of the
islands will be taught in schools and
spoken in churches and in government,
along with Danish. The Diet of the is
lands will levy its own taxes. The ad-
ministration will be in the hands OF four
native members of the Diet, with rep
resentative of Denmark as chairman
Judges and police will be Danish. In
trade agreements, the islands will be
independent negotiators And when the
majority of the people vote for complete
independence, Denmark will respect the
demand.
The Eskimos of Greenland do not
make such extensive claims. These
people, who Denmark claims are much
healthier than their racial kinsmen un-
der other nations, also have delega-
ton in Copenhagen. Their delegation
Evening star., 1946-05-06

mine regarding the future trend of
Russian American relations, Mr..
Pauley's n1ission-the findings and
recommendations of which are to be
reported to the eleven nation Far
Eastern Commission-obviou will
bear Importantly on the reconstruc-
tion of Korea and China. AS mat
ters stand, the Korean economy can
make no headway. and the Chinese
cannot hope for material better
ment' without full use of Man
churia'S resources. The situation is
one affecting the interests of Asia
In general, and against such a back
ground Mr.. Pauley's efforts will have
more than little significance.
Evening star., 1946-05-06

The Paris Conference is confronted
by an all but insuperable clash of policy
between the Western Allies and the
Soviet Union. The United States and
Great Britain want peace in Europe:
that is to say. they want a settled
regulation of affairs. A settlement is
to their interests. The United States.
in particular. wants to lessen its mill
tary commitments, and Britain. from
every consideration of economic re-
covery and security, wants European
rehabilitation and a continent friendly
or at least not hostile to Britain
But it is increasingly clear that the
Soviet Union prefers fluid condition
OF affairs-a condition which is neither
peace nor war, the troubled waters"
in which Soviet fishing is most likely
to yield a catch.
Russia is hostile to Europe. historic
ally and revolutionarily There are
reasons enough. In the 18th century
Russia was invaded by the French. In
the goth century she has fought the
Germans twice on her own soil. After
the war OF 1914 and against the advice
of cooler-headed and more intelligent
Germans, notably the Foreign Minister,
Richard Won Keuhlmann, who could not
win over Ludendorff, the Bolshevik
leaders were compelled, in the treaty
of Brest-Litovsk, to sign one of the
most Carthaglnian treaties of history
and despite the fact that it was Luden-
dorff. and he alone who had arranged
to get Lenin and the Bolshevik emigres
to Russia.
Lenin was under no illusion as to
Ludendorfs S motives "It is only to
strengthen the anti-war movement in
Russia" he said. But Lenin, who was
determined to have peace at practi-
cally any price. thought he could counter
Ludendorff with another weapon. "The
hour is near when. at the summons of
our comrade, Karl Liebknecht. the Ger
man people will turn their weapons
against their capitalist exploiters.'
*x*
Actually, the Bolshevization of Ger
many almost happened, following the
collapse of the German armies in the
west. The Communist Spartacus move
ment was suppressed in Berlin by the
majority Socialists Frederick Ebert and
Gustav Noske, and its leaders. Karl
Liebknecht and Rosa Luxembourg, were
murdered tThe latter had already re-
puQlateQ communism, Dut thlS was not
knoWn)
The short Sovict Republic of Bavaria
was ended by the assassination of Kurt
Eisner. and the Soviet-sponsored Bella
Kun regime in Hungary gave way to
Nicholas Horthy.
That victorious Russia, under Stain,
should abandon what defeated Rus
sia under Lenin almost accomplished is
unlikely. To succeed where Lenin failed
is Stain ambition. But Stain is less
Evening star., 1946-05-06
Bases in the Azores

Confirmation by our State De-
partment that the United States
and Britain have entered into for
NAL negotiations with Portugal for
continuous use of the air and naval
bases acquired on wartime leases is
important news from several as
poets.
The immense strategic value of
those bases was demonstrated dur
ing the war. Indeed, it was the OBJ
vious need for such Allied footholds
which prompted their acquire
ment. The Azores are not COM
pact archipelago. Instead, they are
a long string of islands with such
wide gaps between the several links
that the entire chain stretches al
most thousand miles, from point
not so very far from the Iberian
Peninsula of Europe to a point in
midAtlantic, virtually on the lati-
tude of New York They thus strad-
die the main sealane between our
east coast ports and the entrance
to the Mediterranean at Gibraltar,
and likewise flank the lanes from
South America to all points on
Europe's Atlantic coasts.
From the beginning of the late
war the German U-boat menace
grew in acuteness until it began to
decline with the perfecting of Al
lied joint naval and air patrols over
the Atlantic. However, their was one
gap in the netWork-the Azores. So,
in October, l943, the granting of
bases in the Azores by Portugal was
announced. This not only perfected
the antisubmarine Allied patrol but
also opened the way for that pre-
dominantly American invasion of
Europe which was then on the cards.
The agreement itself was nego-
tiated by the British government
under its more than 500-year treaty
relationship with Portugal, though
the United States shared in the
benefits. The present negotiations
for the perpetuation of the existing
base status, being conducted simul-
taneously by the United States and
Britain, indicate close and continu-
ing Anglo-American joint strategic
liaison over the entire North
Atlantic.
Indeed, this joint action regarding
the Azores is merely part of much
larger strategic liaison which covers
the entire Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans. We saw this only recently in
Evening star., 1946-05-06

is asking for more money for education,
storage facilities and slaughter houses
And, in addition, they ask for greater
measure OF local self-government
Thus the Danish empire is fading
away. The sun of self government has
its way with the ties of empire there,
as everywhere else.
Empires were for centuries the only
expression of internationalism Their
best naturalization was that imperial
rule was better than international an
archy. Six centuries ago Dante made a
plea for universal empire as condition
of human welfare and peace. The Span
ish. Dutch, French and British have fol-
lowed each other as forces of world
power. Now all are in varying stages
of liquidation and will pass away as en-
pirss. Remote control is no longer a
means of holding the world together.
This immense shift in human affairs is
the best reason for hope in the u N,
which provides the framework for a
substitute for empire.
(Released by the Associated Newspapers. Inc)
Evening star., 1946-05-06

curity Council meetings in New York
and repair whatever temporary dam
age Soviet prestige may have suffered.
The Russians have not budged an inch
from their initial demands and are will
ing to compromise" only if they are
fully accepted by the other delegates.
Frequently they are able to have some
fun at the expense of their Cocoon
ferees For instance, early last week
they played up to the Italian national
senslbllltles by suggesting that Trieste
be left to Italy. Later. when the Yugo-
slav representative presented his coun-
try's case-demanding even more than
Tito had claimed-Mr. Vishinsky asked
his colleagues: We'll, what can you do
about it?" And both the American and
British secretaries wondered indeed
what they could do
The truth is that while there are on
the Morgan Line only three depleted
American and British divisions, Tito
has force four times as large, with
ample reserves behind it and with about
IL additional Red divisions which have
been moved recently from Hungary into
Croatia. And these days bayonets count
far more than fine words and high prin-
ciples.
When the matter Of the Italian
African empire was only lightly touched
on, because of its highly explosive char
acter, Foreign Minister Molotov took the
attitude of an offended prima donna
whose desires and wishes had not al
ready been granted. He did not threat
en- to leave the stage but implied that
Russia has sufficient means to imple-
ment its minimum requests"
The Russian representatives adopted
an attitude of how dare you suspect
us?' when Mr.. Byrnes suggested that
the Red armies occupying all of Eastern
Europe and the Balkans be restricted
to token force in order to reduce the
starvation existing in those areas
The purpose of the Conference of
Foreign Ministers was to find meeting
of the minds among the great powers
prior to the actual drafting of peace
treaties. There is every indication that
this has failed. The American British
conception of the postwar world is today
further from the Russian conception
than it was before the Paris gathering
Under these conditions it is no Won
der that the members of the American
Government, the top-ranking military
men and the others are depressed and
worried. They realize what hard road
We still have to travel to translate the
victory of our military forces into a
lasting peace-the only purpose for
which this country has fought two world
wars