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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-04
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Cincinnati Enquirer


AS the proverb says one swallow doesn't make a
summer Yet even with brief experience with the
preliminary effects of the TaftHartey labor regulatory
act is obvious that the law has improved indus
trial labor relations throughout the nation Certainly
of the dire consequences threatened by the more
blatant union leaders has materialized.
Tom Shroyer chief counsel of the Joint Con-
gressonal Labor Study Committee and general adviser
to the Eghteth Congress in labor legislation said III
interview the other day that labor management
bargaining relations have become much better since
the passage of the act Union resistance to the law,
he pointed out is evidenced much more in public ex
preston than across the bargaining table
Vocal resistance to the enforcement of RESPONSE
bility the part of unions only natural After
all it is primary trait of human nature to cry out
against any disciplinary movement, whether 1t be a
boyhood trip to the woodshed with willow switch
or these latter days, the passage of law making
impossible union dctators to ignore utterly the
rights of employers and the public. The IDEA I'M
doubtedly that the union labor cried out,
the restraint Congress would exercise in framing
the Taft Hartley This purpose however was de-
feated by the extremists who insisted that all parts
of the proposed law were bad its adoption would
lead to anarchy and various other things Confronted
by this attitude Congress did what 1t should have
done unable to get constructive criticism from the
union leaders it went ahead and did what thought
needed to be done
To be sure, experience has not shown the new act
to be a perfect thing The circumvention by John l..
which intended to protect employers and the public
from illegal strikes shows that some amendment on
Tightening of the Taft Hartley Act is necessary But
the main the act clearly has achieved its cardinal
purpose-it has brought unions to the conference
tables spirit of bargaining, not of dctation And
if it did nothing else that achievement would make
the Taft Hartley Act of the most important enact
ments of any recent session of Congress.
Heretofore, primarily because the labor laws were
rugged in favor of the unions-and the unions knew
it - industrial bargaining has been difficult and
trucuent The unions realized they had employers in
almost impossible situation hence the extremists
and radicals in their midst encouraged to operate
unrestrictedly. 1t makes tremendously wholesome
difference when both parties to contract bargain
good fath-with brass knucks in anybodys glove
We wish to commend those leaders of labor who
realized the asininty-or the insanity-of trying 10
place themselves above the law of the land and have
gone ahead and accepted the regulations like good
citizens We also wish to commend the employers
who have not attempted to seize upon the Taft
Hartley provisions for special advantages Of their
own.
Between these two sensible groups, and under the
direction of the Taft Hartley Act, may be arriving
at new and much better state of labor relations in
the United States.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-04
SENATOR "TONGASS" CAIN

Senator Harry P Cain of Washington who visited
Juneau the other day a tour of Alaska, made no
bones about that he also considers it his duty
to represent the Territory in the Senate. He ably
demonstrated this during the last session when his
efforts in behalf of the bill to open the Tongass Ma
ona Forest to pulp and paper development were sue
cessful Mayor Waino Hendrickson the other evening
i'll expressing his thanks to the Senator, dubbed him
'"TongaSs" Cain
The Junior Senator from Washington made a
good impression the people of this for his
interest and insight into Alaskan problems during
the formal and informal hearings here He also issued
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-04
20 YEARS AGO f fyf% EMPIRE
SEPTEMBER 4, 1927

1927
Saom who had been
on business in weeks arrived home
the south as rae ~
He declared that Juneau III MS opo
the States in business prosperity
Miss High School lett on e
Ods-Carpener and daughter who hao oeh vi''e
Mr. and Mrs Seattle on the Alaska
Miss for the south on te AeAa
She was en- School in washington MISS
popular ladies and was wen "
forh dancing
Mrs c. Skinner Louise and Marianne LOOK
passage Salt Lake City where they were 70
winter.
Miss Ruth Kugnes the Alaska Road COMMISSION
left for a vacation in the States.
After spending here Robert o. rice
on Sycamore H. where ne was
to his studies at ST. Adams School
Mrs j. Jr, wife and son OF inc
Tenakee were out
bound passengers
report: a.; low 43; cloudy
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-04
TRAGIC PROBLEM

Most tragic problem in the IN
donesian fighting is the fate Of
the 100000 Eurasians of Dutch and
native antestrv
Dutch settlers in the archipelago
have Geen intermarying with ma
tive women since the 18th CEN
tury. Their offspring, officially
known as "Indo-Euroreans," con-
stitute large and important pop
ulation element. They are educat-
ed and before the war occupied
important business and government
tai posts.
Duling their occupation, the
Japs created a schism between the
Eurasians and natives. AS re-
suit, when the Japs were evicted,
the natives threw the Eurasians
into concentration camps. When
the British landed, pending the
arrival of Dutch forces, they lib
Grated many of the Eurasians.
But thousands Of others, deep in
the interior. where the British did
or could not penetrate, are still
held as prisoners.
What the fate of the hapless
Eurasians will he when the fight
ing ceases is still anyone's guess.
The natives hate them and the
Dutch are in a difficult position
to protect them
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-04
PAY-DIRT

Ohios hard-hitting representa-
tive George Bender will uncover a
different kind of pay dirt in his
Forthcoming probe of wartime con-
tractors than that dug up by SEN
ator Brewster's committee. Bender
is eschewing Hollywood and going
after fraud. He already has some
sensational evidence in hand.
A record compiled by Comptroll-
er General Lindsay Warren charges
overpaymentS or fraud in more
than 5 percent of all war contracts.
Out Of 4,789 contracts that were
studied, Lindsay found the govern
ment paid $4,350,000 more than it
should have
On the tasis of these figures,
Bender estimates the government
was overcharged, or cheated, out
of more than S60000,000 on the
$4,000 war contracts.
Bender's investigators have in
formed him that the technique
most frequently used to gouge the
government was to falsify the
value of inventory remaining at
the time of a contract termina-
ton, particularly materials and
equipment which could be used
later for civilian production, Ere
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-04

Senator Capehart chairman of the Subcommittee
Small Business said the other day that his com
mitee is so interested in the development of pulp
industry in Alaska to relieve the newsprnt shortage
that it will do everything possible to make such a
development possible short OF putting the government
into the business.
He mentioned Federal aid in developing power sites
and furnishing housing for workers, two serious
problems must be faced in Alaska
This should be encouraging news for potential
pulp mill investors The first huge block of timber
is now out for bids
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-04
Daily Lessons in English " q. L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN You and Franks car" ssg
and Franks car"
Pronounce dl-ag-nos az
in DE as in AT ustressed as in NO n
syllable
Helorope; observe the five vowels
SYNONYMS: Perforate penetrate punctre bore drill
word three times and is yours Let us
increase vocabulary Today word
INGENIOUS second syllable
JEN E n The he was ingenious
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-04

asked if that wasn't lot OF money
to be carrying around he replied
casually, "Oh, I've got lot more
at home" The famed New
Deal brain-trust team of Corcoran
and Cohen may soon he revived as
law partners. Able, modest Ben
Cohen, who recently resigned as
State Department general counsel,
may tie up with the law firm OF
his old partner, Tommy the Cork.
1t is very fitting that President
Truman should participate in the
125th anniversary of Brazilian in
dependence. The U. S. was the
first country to give official recog-
milton to Brazil-in 1923, during
the administration of President
James Monroe The War De-
partment has ordered all retired
regular Army Officers to be re-
leased by next July Tex Nc
Crazy, noted war correspondent and
radio commentator, is organizing
world wide news service for ra-
dio and television outlets. Nucleus
of the service will be corps of
correspondents and photographers
stationed at strategic points
throughout the globe. The Dem
oclats National Committee is plan
ming to make songwriter Jack
Lawrences popular Have Heart,
Taft Hartley, Have Heart one
of its 1948 campaign tunes
The convention of the Missouri
Farmers Association, claiming H.
GO members, adopted resolu-
uon condemning the House probe
Of farm cooperatives and declaring
war on congressional enemies of
The farmers" A survey by
tire U. S. Bureau of Labor Sta
iistics in plants employing $4,000
Handicapped workers disclosed that
81 percent had better accident
records than on-handicapped
workers, 48 percent had better
than-average absence records and
SO percent stayed on their jobs
longer.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-04
ALASKA LINE HAS
CHANGED pIERSAS
SEATTLE TERMINAL

All future arrivals and GeparL-
ures of Alaska Steamship Com
pany passenger and freight veSse-s
in Seattle will be made at the
new Alaska Terminal-Pier AZ, l..
w. Baker, vice president and gen.
eral manager, has announced in
/ Seattle.
The last sailings made from Piers
SO and 81 were those of the SIS
Baranof and NV Coastal Mon
arch en- August 30, and the SIS
Victoria scheduled for today.
Various department of the Alas
ka Steamship Company, which
have for so many years made
their headquarters at Piers SO and
81, are preparing to move to the
new, modern quarters. BY the
morning of September 8, present
plans call for the following di-
visions to be ready for business
at Pier Az the freight office, in
Guiding the billing department;
the claim department, personnel
office, baggage clerks, and tic op-
Grating department, which includes
the superintendent and assistant
superintendent, labor relations
manager, port captain, port en-
gineer assistant port engineer,
port steward, and assistant port
steward.
Remaining at Pier so for the
time Being are the executive de-
partment, the traffic department
and the ship repair shop; while
Pier 81 is still housing the pur-
chasing department and the city
ticket office These divisions will
move at a later date, when con-
struction now underway at Pier AZ
is completed The accounting Of
flee remains at 65 Marion Street,
temporarily
THE need for improved facilities
with better quarters for faster and
more efficient service to the Terri
tory of Alaska has long been re-
allied by the Alaska Steamsnip
Company and this well-planned
, marine terminal-one of the most
modern in the United States-wil
, benefit all Alaska" Baker said.
Pier AZ is 1,010 feet long with
width of 1896 feet. 1t includes
two ore-story transit buildings,
ITO feet by 961 feet. The depress-
ed track area between the transit
buildings is 112 feet wide and
includes two covered loading plat
forms and four railroad tracks. In
addition, there are 32-foot aprons
and two railroad tracks on the
water side of each building.
One of the characteristics which
contributes to the high value of
the Alaska Terminal is the diver
sity of methods by which cargo
; can be received. A greater num-
; Ter of trucks are able to unload
by means of tail-gate delivery,
:. thereby minimizing expensive
standby time Traffic congestion
is practically impossible due to
the large amount of space and be-
cause the terminal was built some
distance away from the street
thoroughfare. Trucks can also be
unloaded inside the transit build
ings. Freight cars can be unload
ed onto the dock or directly aboard
waiting vessels. Numerous switch
ing tracks prevent traffic prob
lens within the dock area
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-04
MODERN ETIQUETTE R &y LEE

bride hat veil the wedding
place the church?
but at the home wedding no matter
wha of and veil be omitted
neghbohood isn't it all hight
all the neghbos that wish to associate with?
No neghbors you should return
those calls
i c. fork place butter potato?
81 A fok
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-04

quently, the contractors would
repurchase these articles at a frac-
ton of their face value, claiming
that costly precision tools and fab
ricating machines were good only
for scrap.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-04

would become Chief of Staff.
But the inner army politicos
have other ideas. Bradley is too
non-political minded to suit them.
Under the new unification and
promotion acts, there are numerous
juicy plums to be grabbed off
and they want direct hand in
the grabbing They rightly fear
there would be little or none of
that under Bradley.
So. during his absence, there is
much undercover scheming and
Wire-pulling to sidetrack Bradley.
These antics are particularly in
teresting in view Of the Army's
customarily naughty distain of
politicians. Actually, inner Army
poll les is as hectic, petty, and
Grass as any played outside the
service.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-04
LOOK and LEARN &! G. GORDON

body approximately below
2. the first Vice President of the United States?
g. How man, n a U.
A. what purpose is iron galvanized?
5. hat
ANSWERS:
Dead
2. John Adams.
2,15042 cubic inches
4. keep it from rusting
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-04

invitation to all Aaskans write letters him
concerning their problems at any time. It's bet
that he'll get quite few letters and also guess that
he'll read them and do something about them.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-04
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

A wheat farmer picked up in
La Junta, Colo, on traffic
charge. pulled out a roll of $4,000
from which TO pay his fine When
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-04
DEWEY MOVE


The Dewey camp is quietly or
ganizing to make a determined
fight for the Iowa delegation.
Heading the move is Whitney
Gilliland, of Glenwood, former
youngest district judge In the
state. The drive is aimed chief
ly at Minnesotas Harold Stassen
who has considerable support
among COP. county chairmen.
However, the Republican State
Central Committee is all split up
with members favoring Taft, Dewey
Stassen, Speaker Joe Martin and
a few for General Eisenhower
State Chairman Willis York and
longtime National Committeeman
Harrison Spangler are in the Taft
camp.
COPYRIGHT, 1947, BELL SYNDICATE. INc)
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-04
NO LUCK

Before stepping out as National
Commander of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars. genial Louis Starr
called on President Truman. With
Starr was Omar Ketchum, VIEW
legislative representative.
Are you quitting. too?" asked
the President.
No; no such luck for you, MI.
President. I'll still be around to
get in your hair"
Yes grinned the President, !
guess that's to he expected.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1947-09-04

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The Washington
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fCoattnued rum Page one
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14

project on a lease basi, I'M.
final elimination of purchase .
the property is made Jan ,
1913.
|. Noble said 20 units remain ,
be sold and that the man,. i.
ment expected those to Ia i.
posed of by no later than NV u,
Is. W.
The District of Columbia In
RI pni1oc IF roi1,yo, L. "S
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14
Rese~re Officers
To Be Refreshed
At Fort Pgngg

A contact camp, at Fort
Bragg in which all new war
weapons will be demonstrated to
North Carolina Army ground
forces reserve officers Oct. 4
and 5, was announced yesterday
by 1t. Col. H. E. Boyd.
Colonel Boyd said the staff
plans TO explain and exhibit the
Army's newest weapons, We
hicles, and signal equipment.
The tWo-day course, he said,
is intended to refresh the off
GERS on the knowledge they al
ready have and to keep them up
to date on the latest develop
ments.
"We hope the o2nd Airborne
Division will demonstrate and
airborne drop. with fighter coy
er. including the seizure and
holding of terrain in a problem
involving the firing of live artil-
1ery and small ammunition,
Colonel Boyd said.
He said all officers planning
to attend the contact camp
should contact him in the Wood
row Wilson Hut before Sept. 27.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14
NATIONAL GUARD
STARTS CONTEST
e Winner To be Feted
in Washington, See
Army-Navy Game

4 man a minute" is the goal
a tWo-months National Guard
atting contest starting Sept.
s, Brig. General j. Van 3
Nets, Adjutant General OF
North Carolina, announced YES
terday.
The North Carolina recruiting
with the winners
from each of the other states,
the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico and Hawaii, will be guests
of the Secretary of the Army
and the National Guard Bureau
of the War department, and
they will attend the Army-Navy
football game at Philadelphia.
A imam a minute" represents
90, 1888 enlistments in the nation
and l,725 in North Carolina,
General Metts said. The nation
wide contest will be designated
as the National Guard Assem-
bly,"
President Truman has pro-
claimed Sept. 16 as National
Guard Day, and Governor r..
Gregg Cherry has directed the
day be observed throughout
North Carolina.
Announcing North Carolina
participation in the national con-
test, General Nets explained,
"the new National Guard will
expand ultimately to a strength
Of 682, 000-three times the pre-
war force"
All enlisted members of FEEDER.
ally authorized North Carolina
National Guard units will be eli.
gible for the contest which will
close Nov. 16, General Nets
said. The Tar Heel winner will
leave for Washington Nov. Is.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14
BY E. v. w. JONES

HAVANA, Sept. 10 PA
tricia Schmidt, 81, a brown
skinned Toledo, Ohio. girl
whose dancing attracted tragic
love, is to stand before a tribu-
nal of judges in this tropical
capital Wednesday and tell how
death came to John Lester Nee
of Chicago.
Nee was MORALLY wounded
April 8 aboard the yacht Sa-
tira, anchored in Havana har-
Dor in the shadow of brooding
Moro Castle. Miss Schmidt has
acknowledged that she fired the
shot. Weeping bitterly, she re-
enacted the shooting for Judge
Santiago Mencia with investiga-
tor Jorge Barcelo acting the
part of Nee.
She fired. one shot from a %
caliber target pistol in self de-
tense, she claimed, as the war
time torpedo boat skipper lungeo
at her in anger after she
learned that he was married
and her plans to become his
wife filtered away like the
breezes that stirred nearby
palm fronds. .
Patricia's professional name
is Satira. American Indian
blood flowing in her veins gives
her the high cheek bones and
almond eyes of an oriental. She
specialized in eastern dances.
She was dancing in Trinidad,
at the other end of the Carib-
bean, when Nee asked her to
meet him in Havana.
81 am so madly in love that
nothing seems to worry me -
nothing except you," said a let
ter which Cuban authorities ina
pounded.
Railways Satira, with me. pos
sessing me, dancing with me,
swimming, sailing, lying in the
sun, dazzling me with your
beautiful gold shoes, cutting me
with your long fingernails, low.
ing me as only you can. l love
you, my beloved, COM
pletely. $500"
Satira. the word is
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14
WOMAN.
CHILD TO SAIL
Mrs. handel To Join Eus-
band In Germany
Sept. Is

BLADENBORO, Sept. 49,
Mrs. Esther Adcox Mandel will
leave on Thursday, September
|25, for New York city where she
will sail for Europe to join her
husband, Is. Lieutenant Donald
]. Mandel, who IS stationed with
the Army Signal Corps, Third
Infantry Division, at Frankfurt,
Germany.
Accompanying Mrs. Mandel
will be her son, Donald j., Jr.
1t. Mandel has been with the
U. S. Army seven years, coming
up through the ranks. The lieu
tenant spent several months II
Egypt and India, also had Il
months in Persia. "
Mr.. and Mrs. Mandell have
been married for three and q
half years, having met in Wash-
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14
Whiteuiue P.-T.A.
To Fete Faculty
Tomorrow Niga

WHITEVILLE, Sept. 13-
Members of the Wh:tevii'
school faculty and board o
trustees will be guests Of the 10
cal Parent Teacher association
at a reception Monday evening
at 8 o'clock.
The reception will be given a
the home of Mrs. w. A. Green
on Pinckney street in Mort
Whiteville. Officials Of the P-TA
are urging not only the teachers
and trustees to attend, but also
all parents and other friends OF
the school who may wish to be-
come members of the associa-
ton.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-09-14
JUNIOR COLLEGE
PUPILS GRADUATE
Air Conditioning And Re-
frigeration Taught
In Year

The Technical school of Will
mington Junior college, only
school of it's kind in North Caro-
lima, has just graduated two
classes in air conditioning ano
refrigeration after II months
work, H. M. Roland, superin-
tendent of schools, announced
yesterday.
One class started Sept. IS,
1916, and was graduated Friday
night. The other began Aug. IL,
1916, and was graduated Aug. 8
of this year.
Another class started on the
years course last month, and a
fourth will begin this week.
All members of the first sec
ton of this years graduating
class already have been placed,
and most of those in the second
section. In the course they did
actual assembling and repair
work and had classes in me-
chanical drafting, advanced
arithmetic, and related subjects.
Cooperation of all local refrig-
orator dealers was given.
The classes are under the dl-
rection of George West, head of
technical and vocational schools
in the county and are in charge
of Thomas w. Poplin as head
of the air conditioning and re-
frigeration division, Malcolm j.
Mcleod and James M. Myers
are teachers.
Other classes in the college s
technical school are being form
ed in aircraft lrechanics, ground
aviation, internal combust on ei'.
gines, automobile repairing
electricity and communications,
and the building trades.
The Technical school is one of
four at the college. The others
provide college parallel courses
for those going elsewhere for the
junior and senior years Of col
1ege, terminal courses for those
going into business life after
completing junior college, and
short courses in adult education.